Epidermal stem cells and their epigenetic regulation

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 17861-17880

  Shen, Qi ^a   Jin, Hongchuan ^a   Wang, Xian ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Epidermal stem cell; Epigenetic modification; Histone methylation; Long noncoding RNA; MicroRNA; Noncoding RNA

Indexed keywords

ACTIN LIKE 6A; B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 15; DNA; HISTONE; I KAPPA B KINASE ALPHA; MELANOMA ASSOCIATED CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 203; MICRORNA 21; PROTEIN EXOSC9; PROTEIN MI 2BETA; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GRHL3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OVOL 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YAP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CANCER GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA HISTONE INTERACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMAL CANCER; EPIDERMAL HOMEOSTASIS; EPIDERMAL STEM CELL; EPIDERMIS; EPIGENETICS; EXOSOME; GENE CONTROL; GENE TARGETING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERFOLLICULAR EPIDERMIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; STEM CELL; TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENOMICS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84883475796     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140917861     Document Type: Review

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