Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21527712›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2011

Self-organizing and stochastic behaviors during the regeneration of hair stem cells.

Maksim V Plikus, Ruth E Baker, Chih-Chiang Chen, Clyde Fare, Damon de la Cruz, Thomas Andl, Philip K Maini, Sarah E Millar, Randall Widelitz, Cheng-Ming Chuong

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Maksim V PlikusDepartment of Pathology, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Ruth E Baker
Chih-Chiang Chen
Clyde Fare
Damon de la Cruz
Thomas Andl
Philip K Maini
Sarah E Millar
Randall Widelitz
Cheng-Ming Chuong

Funding

Size regulation of skin appendagesR01AR047364 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Cheng-Ming Chuong · 2002 to 2026
$10.1M
LIW5R01AR042177 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHUONG, CHENG-MING · 1995 to 2013
$5.7M
Tissue Engineering of New Hair FormationR01AR060306 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHUONG, CHENG-MING · 2010 to 2019
$4.6M
WNT SIGNALS IN SKIN AND HAIR DEVELOPMENT AND HAIR GROWTHR01AR047709 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MILLAR, SARAH E. · 2001 to 2010
$4.0M
Tissue Patterning in living skin and organ explantsR37AR060306 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Cheng-Ming Chuong · 2020 to 2026
$3.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR47364NIAMS NIH HHS AR60306NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR042177NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR047364NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR047709NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060306NIAMS NIH HHS R01-AR42177NIAMS NIH HHS R01-AR47709NIAMS NIH HHS R37 AR060306
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cells cycle through active and quiescent states. Large populations of stem cells in an organ may cycle randomly or in a coordinated manner. Although stem cell cycling within single hair follicles has been studied, less is known about regenerative behavior in a hair follicle population. By combining predictive mathematical modeling with in vivo studies in mice and rabbits, we show that a follicle progresses through cycling stages by continuous integration of inputs from intrinsic follicular and extrinsic environmental signals based on universal patterning principles. Signaling from the WNT/bone morphogenetic protein activator/inhibitor pair is coopted to mediate interactions among follicles in the population. This regenerative strategy is robust and versatile because relative activator/inhibitor strengths can be modulated easily, adapting the organism to different physiological and evolutionary needs.

Indexed as

RegenerationSignal TransductionAnimalsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsComputer SimulationHair FollicleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicModels, BiologicalRabbitsStem CellsStochastic ProcessesWnt ProteinsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsWnt Proteins

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PMID21527712
PMCPMC3321266

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