A Niche Above: A Novel Modality of Stem Cell Regulation in Mammalian Skin Epidermis.

Coulombe, Pierre A; Wickström, Sara A · Cell Stem Cell · 2021

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Abstract

In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Ning et al. (2021) demonstrate that contractility in differentiating, suprabasally located keratinocytes acts non-cell-autonomously to regulate the replication and differentiation of the stem/progenitor keratinocytes in the basal layer of epidermis. This finding expands our understanding of the niche that regulates stem/progenitor cells in skin.

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