Ectopic Atoh1 expression drives Merkel cell production in embryonic, postnatal and adult mouse epidermis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2533-2544

  Ostrowski, Stephen M ^a,d   Wright, Margaret C ^b   Bolock, Alexa M ^c   Geng, Xuehui ^c   Maricich, Stephen M ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mouse; Sensation; Stem cell; Touch

Indexed keywords

ATOH 1 PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYTOKERATIN 8; NOTCH RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATOH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DOXYCYCLINE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; GLABROUS SKIN; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; KERATINOCYTE; MERKEL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAIR; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIBRISSA;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; DOXYCYCLINE; EPIDERMIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; KERATINOCYTES; MERKEL CELLS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSGENES; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84937860355     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.123141     Document Type: Article

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