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ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2012

Epithelial stem cells and implications for wound repair.

Maksim V Plikus, Denise L Gay, Elsa Treffeisen, Anne Wang, Rarinthip June Supapannachart, George Cotsarelis

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Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 110 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
110citing papers in PubMed
14.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

110 citing papers in PubMed, 201 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A Comprehensive Review of GWASs of Human Hair Traits.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2025
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  8. Functional and molecular insights in topical wound healing by ascorbic acid.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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  9. [Research progress on the role of peripheral nerves in wound healing].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2025
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  11. Long-term remission of Hailey-Hailey disease by Er:YAG ablative laser therapy.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025
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  15. Development of a noninvasive and label-free imaging system for human interfollicular epidermal stem cells based on cell morphology.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2024
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  20. Regenerative therapy · 2023
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50 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maksim V PlikusDepartment of Dermatology, Kligman Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Denise L Gay
Elsa Treffeisen
Anne Wang
Rarinthip June Supapannachart
George Cotsarelis
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Hair Follicle Neogenesis in Response to WoundingR01AR055309 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COTSARELIS, GEORGE · 2007 to 2017
$3.5M
Understanding molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of the blue nevus andP30AR057217 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI STANLEY, JOHN R · 2009 to 2013
$3.2M
A Study of Biological Function of BasonuclinR01AR054982 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COTSARELIS, GEORGE · 2009 to 2010
$794k
Interfollicular epidermal stem cells in human and mouse skinR21AR059346 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COTSARELIS, GEORGE, GAY, DENISE LEA · 2010 to 2011
$389k
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR057217NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR054982NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR055309NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR059346
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activation of epithelial stem cells and efficient recruitment of their proliferating progeny plays a critical role in cutaneous wound healing. The reepithelialized wound epidermis has a mosaic composition consisting of progeny that can be traced back both to epidermal and several types of hair follicle stem cells. The contribution of hair follicle stem cells to wound epidermis is particularly intriguing as it involves lineage identity change from follicular to epidermal. Studies from our laboratory show that hair follicle-fated bulge stem cells commit only transient amplifying epidermal progeny that participate in the initial wound re-epithelialization, but eventually are outcompeted by other epidermal clones and largely disappear after a few months. Conversely, recently described stem cell populations residing in the isthmus portion of hair follicle contribute long-lasting progeny toward wound epidermis and, arguably, give rise to new interfollicular epidermal stem cells. The role of epithelial stem cells during wound healing is not limited to regenerating stratified epidermis. By studying regenerative response in large cutaneous wounds, our laboratory uncovered that epithelial cells in the center of the wound can acquire greater morphogenetic plasticity and, together with the underlying wound dermis, can engage in an embryonic-like process of hair follicle neogenesis. Future studies should uncover the cellular and signaling basis of this remarkable adult wound regeneration phenomenon.

Indexed as

Epidermal CellsAdultBone MarrowCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell ProliferationCicatrixEpidermisEpithelial CellsHair FollicleHumansRe-EpithelializationRegenerationSebaceous GlandsStem CellsWounds, Penetrating

Identifiers

PMID23085626
PMCPMC3518754
OpenAlexW2026151319

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