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Past stem cells and finally in transit: SLC 1A3 instructs skin niche coupling
Author(s) -
Roy Edwige,
Khosrotehrani Kiarash
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.15252/embj.201899393
Subject(s) - niche , biology , stem cell , hair follicle , progenitor cell , library science , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , ecology
During postnatal growth of the skin and homeostatic hair cycling, different proliferative compartments contribute to tissue expansion and establishment of a functional epidermis. A new study by Reichenbach et al ([Reichenbach B, 2018]) reports coordinated proliferation of three distinct epithelial stem cell niches and a role for glutamate transporter Slc1a3 in synchronisation of activated stem and progenitor cells.