Epidermal development in mammals: Key regulators, signals from beneath, and stem cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 10869-10895

  Liu, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Huishan ^a,b   Duan, Enkui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Epidermal development; Epidermal stem cells; Hair follicles; Mesenchyme epithelial interactions; Pluripotent stem cells

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADULT STEM CELL; CELL FATE; CELL LINE; DERMIS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN APPENDAGE; STEM CELL; SWEAT GLAND; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

IPS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; EPIDERMIS; HOMEOSTASIS; MAMMALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84878448168     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140610869     Document Type: Review

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