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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

KRT6A and KRT17 mark distinct stem cell populations in the adult palpebral conjunctiva and Meibomian gland.

Xuming Zhu, Mingang Xu, David M Owens, Sarah E Millar

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Xuming ZhuBlack Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1148-4162
Mingang XuBlack Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
David M OwensDepartment of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Sarah E MillarBlack Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8792-6890

Funding

Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center at Mount SinaiP30AR079200 · NIAMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Elena Ezhkova · 2021 to 2026
$5.2M
WNT signals in skin and hair development and hair growthR37AR047709 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MILLAR, SARAH E. · 2012 to 2021
$3.6M
Molecular mechanisms controlling skin heterogeneityR01AR081322 · NIAMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Sarah E. Millar · 2022 to 2026
$3.0M
KLF-mediated coordination of signaling and epigenetic mechanisms in the skinR01AR076428 · NIAMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI MILLAR, SARAH E. · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
Epigenetic regulation of the Meibomian gland in homeostasis and agingR01EY036095 · NEI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Sarah E. Millar · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY036095NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR079200NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR076428NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR081322NIAMS NIH HHS R37 AR047709
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate whether KRT6A or KRT17 label self-renewing stem cells (SCs) in adult Meibomian gland (MG) and palpebral conjunctiva (PC) homeostasis and explore the mechanisms that regulate their expression in these tissues. Methods: KRT6A and KRT17 expression in adult mouse MG and PC was examined by single nucleus RNA sequencing and immunofluorescence (IF). Bromodeoxyuridine pulse-chase assays were conducted to assess the turnover rate of PC progenitor cells. Lineage tracing experiments were performed using Results: KRT6A and KRT17 are primarily expressed in the MG central duct and ductules. KRT6A also shows robust expression in PC. MG and PC epithelial progenitor cells turn over within 14 days. Lineage tracing indicated that Conclusions:

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PMCPMC12259128

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