Exploring the biology of the nail: An intriguing but less-investigated skin appendage

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 187-193

  Saito, Masataka ^a   Ohyama, Manabu ^a   Amagai, Masayuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Homeostasis; Immune privilege; Nail; Nail stem cells; Regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ANATOMY; BIOLOGY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DORSAL VENTRAL DETERMINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MESENCHYME; NAIL; NAIL DEVELOPMENT; NAIL DIFFERENTIATION; NAIL PLATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEM CELL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MESODERM; METABOLISM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MESODERM; NAILS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; STEM CELLS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84945468444     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2015.04.011     Document Type: Review

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