MicroRNA-214 controls skin and hair follicle development by modulating the activity of the Wnt pathway

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-567

  Ahmed, Mohammed I ^a   Alam, Majid ^a   Emelianov, Vladimir U ^b   Poterlowicz, Krzysztof ^a   Patel, Ankit ^a   Sharov, Andrey A ^b   Mardaryev, Andrei N ^a   Botchkareva, Natalia V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MICRORNA 214; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 14; KRT1-10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KRT1-14 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LEF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LORICRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MIRN214 MICRORNA, MOUSE; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HOMEOSTASIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN EPITHELIUM; STEM CELL; TISSUE REGENERATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SKIN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENOTYPE; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATIN-10; KERATIN-14; KERATINOCYTES; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICRORNAS; REGENERATION; SKIN; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84918522281     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201404001     Document Type: Article

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