BLIMP1 Is Required for Postnatal Epidermal Homeostasis but Does Not Define a Sebaceous Gland Progenitor under Steady-State Conditions

B-lymphocyte-induced nuclear maturation protein 1 (BLIMP1) was previously reported to define a sebaceous gland (SG) progenitor population in the epidermis. However, the recent identification of multiple stem cell populations in the hair follicle junctional zone has led us to re-evaluate its function...

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Main Authors: Kai Kretzschmar, Denny L. Cottle, Giacomo Donati, Ming-Feng Chiang, Sven R. Quist, Harald P. Gollnick, Ken Natsuga, Kuo-I Lin, Fiona M. Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Stem Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213671114002616