A dominant role of the hair follicle stem cell niche in regulating melanocyte stemness.
作者:
Blanpain(Cédric),Sotiropoulou(Panagiota A)
状态:
发布时间2010-02-10
, 更新时间 2016-05-18
期刊:
Cell Stem Cell
摘要:
Melanocyte and hair follicle bulge stem cells share a common niche. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Nishimura et al. (2010) show that hair follicle stem cells, by expressing high levels of TGF-beta2, regulate the quiescence, the stemness, and the long-term renewal of melanocyte stem cells.