11 citations
,
November 2019 in “The FASEB Journal” A mutation in the MAP2 gene causes reduced hair follicle density, leading to hairlessness.
23 citations
,
February 1993 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” 70 citations
,
January 2014 in “International review of cell and molecular biology” Keratin proteins are crucial for healthy skin, but mutations can cause skin disorders with no effective treatments yet.
July 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
2 citations
,
August 2023 in “Development” Hair follicles in the back of the rosette fancy mouse have reversed orientations due to a gene mutation.
124 citations
,
December 1988 in “Differentiation” Trichocytic differentiation starts in cells with epithelial cytokeratins, transitioning to trichocytic cytokeratins in hair and gradually in nails.
August 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Normal cells outcompete and remove mutant cells in the pancreas with the help of the EphA2 receptor.
1 citations
,
September 2023 in “Genes” DNA methylation likely doesn't cause different lambskin patterns in Hu sheep.
January 2003 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” Melanin granules can be expelled by exocytosis.
4 citations
,
May 2025 in “Cells” miR-370-3p slows sheep hair cell growth by blocking SMAD4.