Corneal epithelial-like transdifferentiation of hair follicle stem cells is mediated by pax6 and β-catenin/Lef-1

Cell Biology International

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 861-866

  Yang, Ke ^a   Jiang, Zilin ^b   Wang, Dong ^a   Lian, Xiaohua ^a   Yang, Tian ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catenin; Cornea; Hair follicle stem cells; k12; Lef 1; Pax6; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA CATENIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN 12; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD34; BETA CATENIN; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE PROTEINS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; KERATIN-12; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 68149099021     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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