Tbx3-dependent amplifying stem cell progeny drives interfollicular epidermal expansion during pregnancy and regeneration

The abdominal skin expands rapidly during pregnancy. Here the authors show that a population of highly proliferative stem cell progenies expressing the transcription factor Tbx3 is required for abdominal skin expansion in pregnant mice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ryo Ichijo, Hiroki Kobayashi, Saori Yoneda, Yui Iizuka, Hirokazu Kubo, Shigeru Matsumura, Satsuki Kitano, Hitoshi Miyachi, Tetsuya Honda, Fumiko Toyoshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00433-7