Local and systemic mechanisms that control the hair follicle stem cell niche

B Zhang, T Chen - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Hair follicles are essential appendages of the mammalian skin, as hair performs vital
functions of protection, thermoregulation and sensation. Hair follicles harbour exceptional …

Alk1 acts in non-endothelial VE-cadherin+ perineurial cells to maintain nerve branching during hair homeostasis

G Chovatiya, KN Li, J Li, S Ghuwalewala… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin is a well-recognized endothelial cell marker. One of its
interacting partners, the TGF-β receptor Alk1, is essential in endothelial cells for adult skin …

Translational frontiers: insight from lymphatics in skin regeneration

Y Jiang, M Perez-Moreno - Frontiers in Physiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The remarkable regenerative ability of the skin, governed by complex molecular
mechanisms, offers profound insights into the skin repair processes and the pathogenesis of …

BMP4 regulates differentiation of nestin-positive stem cells into melanocytes

R Xie, M Li, X Wang, Z Liu - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2025 - Springer
Hair follicle (HF) development and pigmentation are complex processes governed by
various signaling pathways, such as TGF-β and FGF signaling pathways. Nestin+(neural …

Adaptive patterning of vascular network during avian skin development: Mesenchymal plasticity and dermal vasculogenesis

KL Ou, CK Chen, JJ Huang, WW Chang, SMH Li… - Cells & Development, 2024 - Elsevier
A vasculature network supplies blood to feather buds in the developing skin. Does the
vasculature network during early skin development form by sequential sprouting from the …