Retinoic Acid-Induced Epidermal Transdifferentiation in Skin

Retinoids function as important regulatory signaling molecules during development, acting in cellular growth and differentiation both during embryogenesis and in the adult animal. In 1953, Fell and Mellanby first found that excess vitamin A can induce transdifferentiation of chick embryonic epidermi...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiro Akimoto, Mary Miyaji, Riyo Morimoto-Kamata, Yasuhiro Kosaka, Akiko Obinata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-06-01
Series:Journal of Developmental Biology
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2221-3759/2/3/158