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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Fiona Watt
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-1579 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Developmental cell 20050701 1
Using K14deltaNbeta-cateninER transgenic mice, we show that short-term, low-level beta-catenin activation stimulates de novo hair follicle formation from sebaceous glands and interfollicular epidermis, while only sustained, high-level activation induces new follicles from preexisting follicles. The Hedgehog pathway is upregulated by beta-catenin activation, and inhibition of Hedgehog signaling converts the low beta-catenin phenotype to wild-type epidermis and the high phenotype to low. beta-cate ...[more]