Epidermal stem cells: The cradle of epidermal determination, differentiation and wound healing

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-183

  Morasso, Maria I ^a   Tomic Canic, Marjana ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Epidermis; Hair follicle; Stem cell; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CORTICOSTEROID; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE H2B; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; MYC PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN P63; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 6; WNT PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; BASAL CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SECRETION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN ULCER; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; STEM CELLS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 14944370988     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20040098     Document Type: Review

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