Neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein modulates Wnt signaling and is required for hair follicle cycling in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 446-456

  Lyubimova, Anna ^a,b   Garber, John J ^a,b   Upadhyay, Geeta ^a,b   Sharov, Andrey ^c   Anastasoaie, Florentina ^a   Yajnik, Vijay ^a,b   Cotsarelis, George ^d   Dotto, Gian Paolo ^a,b,e   Botchkarev, Vladimir ^c,f   Snapper, Scott B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DEPLETION; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL; ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

ALOPECIA; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; EPIDERMIS; GENE DELETION; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKIN ULCER; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 76649144471     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI36478     Document Type: Article

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