The Androgen Receptor Antagonizes Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Epidermal Stem Cells

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2753-2763

  Kretzschmar, Kai ^a,b,d   Cottle, Denny L ^b,c   Schweiger, Pawel J ^b,e   Watt, Fiona M ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BETA CATENIN; BICALUTAMIDE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CD44V ANTIGEN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 4; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; WNT PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMAL STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84947027848     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2015.242     Document Type: Article

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