7 results on '"Epidermal Cells physiology"'
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2. Stem cells expand potency and alter tissue fitness by accumulating diverse epigenetic memories.
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Gonzales KAU, Polak L, Matos I, Tierney MT, Gola A, Wong E, Infarinato NR, Nikolova M, Luo S, Liu S, Novak JSS, Lay K, Pasolli HA, and Fuchs E
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- Adaptation, Physiological, Animals, Cell Movement, Chromatin metabolism, Epidermal Cells physiology, Homeostasis, Inflammation, Mice, Regeneration, Stem Cell Niche, Transcriptome, Wound Healing, Epidermal Cells cytology, Epigenesis, Genetic, Hair Follicle cytology, Stem Cells physiology
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Immune and tissue stem cells retain an epigenetic memory of inflammation that intensifies sensitivity to future encounters. We investigated whether and to what consequence stem cells possess and accumulate memories of diverse experiences. Monitoring a choreographed response to wounds, we found that as hair follicle stem cells leave their niche, migrate to repair damaged epidermis, and take up long-term foreign residence there, they accumulate long-lasting epigenetic memories of each experience, culminating in post-repair epigenetic adaptations that sustain the epidermal transcriptional program and surface barrier. Each memory is distinct, separable, and has its own physiological impact, collectively endowing these stem cells with heightened regenerative ability to heal wounds and broadening their tissue-regenerating tasks relative to their naïve counterparts.
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- 2021
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3. Cyclic growth of dermal papilla and regeneration of follicular mesenchymal components during feather cycling.
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Wu P, Jiang TX, Lei M, Chen CK, Hsieh Li SM, Widelitz RB, and Chuong CM
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- Animals, Cell Differentiation physiology, Cell Proliferation physiology, Hair physiology, Molting physiology, Signal Transduction physiology, Chickens physiology, Dermis physiology, Epidermal Cells physiology, Feathers physiology, Hair Follicle physiology, Regeneration physiology, Stem Cells physiology
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How dermis maintains tissue homeostasis in cyclic growth and wounding is a fundamental unsolved question. Here, we study how dermal components of feather follicles undergo physiological (molting) and plucking injury-induced regeneration in chickens. Proliferation analyses reveal quiescent, transient-amplifying (TA) and long-term label-retaining dermal cell (LRDC) states. During the growth phase, LRDCs are activated to make new dermal components with distinct cellular flows. Dermal TA cells, enriched in the proximal follicle, generate both peripheral pulp, which extends distally to expand the epithelial-mesenchymal interactive interface for barb patterning, and central pulp, which provides nutrition. Entering the resting phase, LRDCs, accompanying collar bulge epidermal label-retaining cells, descend to the apical dermal papilla. In the next cycle, these apical dermal papilla LRDCs are re-activated to become new pulp progenitor TA cells. In the growth phase, lower dermal sheath can generate dermal papilla and pulp. Transcriptome analyses identify marker genes and highlight molecular signaling associated with dermal specification. We compare the cyclic topological changes with those of the hair follicle, a convergently evolved follicle configuration. This work presents a model for analyzing homeostasis and tissue remodeling of mesenchymal progenitors., Competing Interests: Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests., (© 2021. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.)
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- 2021
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4. Hair Follicle Transplantation for Wound Repair.
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Nuutila K
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- Animals, Burns surgery, Epidermal Cells physiology, Hair Follicle growth & development, Humans, Regeneration physiology, Stem Cell Transplantation, Hair Follicle cytology, Hair Follicle physiology, Re-Epithelialization physiology, Stem Cells cytology, Wound Healing physiology
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Significance: Hair follicles are complex miniorgans that reside in the dermal layer of the skin. When the skin is wounded, epidermal stem cells in the hair follicle activate and start migrating into the wound site, differentiating into epidermal cells. and contributing to the reepithelialization of the wound. The hair follicles represent the deepest epidermal elements in the skin, which are extremely beneficial in partial-thickness burns and abrasions where the skin can regenerate from the hair follicles. Recent Advances: Advanced animal models have demonstrated that the contribution of epidermal stem cells in the hair follicle bulge and isthmus regions is important for wound healing. In addition, several clinical studies have shown successful harvesting and transplantation of hair follicles as a treatment modality to accelerate wound healing. Critical Issues: Deep and large wounds require hospitalization and, without exception, surgical treatment. Harvesting and direct transplantation of hair follicles could provide a great source of autologous epidermal stem cells for wound healing. The procedure can be done in an outpatient setting, quickly and without creating a large donor site wound. Future Directions: Transplantation of hair follicles in a combination with novel biomaterials could provide advantageous treatment possibilities for both chronic wounds and burns. There is a substantial amount of molecular signaling data available on the role of hair follicles during wound repair, but almost all the data are derived from rodent models, and thus, more information from large animals and most importantly from humans would be beneficial and help to advance this promising treatment further.
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- 2021
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5. The aging skin microenvironment dictates stem cell behavior.
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Ge Y, Miao Y, Gur-Cohen S, Gomez N, Yang H, Nikolova M, Polak L, Hu Y, Verma A, Elemento O, Krueger JG, and Fuchs E
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- Animals, Dermis physiology, Epidermal Cells physiology, Epidermis metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Muscles physiology, Re-Epithelialization, Regeneration genetics, Sensory Receptor Cells physiology, Skin Aging genetics, Stem Cell Niche genetics, Stem Cell Transplantation, Transcriptome, Wound Healing genetics, Wound Healing physiology, Hair Follicle physiology, Regeneration physiology, Skin Aging physiology, Stem Cell Niche physiology, Stem Cells physiology
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Aging manifests with architectural alteration and functional decline of multiple organs throughout an organism. In mammals, aged skin is accompanied by a marked reduction in hair cycling and appearance of bald patches, leading researchers to propose that hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) are either lost, differentiate, or change to an epidermal fate during aging. Here, we employed single-cell RNA-sequencing to interrogate aging-related changes in the HFSCs. Surprisingly, although numbers declined, aging HFSCs were present, maintained their identity, and showed no overt signs of shifting to an epidermal fate. However, they did exhibit prevalent transcriptional changes particularly in extracellular matrix genes, and this was accompanied by profound structural perturbations in the aging SC niche. Moreover, marked age-related changes occurred in many nonepithelial cell types, including resident immune cells, sensory neurons, and arrector pili muscles. Each of these SC niche components has been shown to influence HF regeneration. When we performed skin injuries that are known to mobilize young HFSCs to exit their niche and regenerate HFs, we discovered that aged skin is defective at doing so. Interestingly, however, in transplantation assays in vivo, aged HFSCs regenerated HFs when supported with young dermis, while young HFSCs failed to regenerate HFs when combined with aged dermis. Together, our findings highlight the importance of SC:niche interactions and favor a model where youthfulness of the niche microenvironment plays a dominant role in dictating the properties of its SCs and tissue health and fitness., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interest.
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- 2020
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6. Flavonoids with Two OH Groups in the B-Ring Promote Pigmented Hair Regeneration.
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Taguchi N, Yuriguchi M, Ando T, Kitai R, Aoki H, and Kunisada T
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- Animals, Epidermal Cells drug effects, Epidermal Cells physiology, Flavonoids chemistry, Hair Follicle physiology, Luteolin chemistry, Luteolin pharmacology, Melanocytes drug effects, Melanocytes physiology, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Skin drug effects, Structure-Activity Relationship, Flavonoids pharmacology, Hair Color, Hair Follicle drug effects, Regeneration drug effects, Skin injuries, Wound Healing drug effects
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During the process of skin regeneration following a skin injury, de novo hair follicle regeneration is initiated after wounding; however, these regenerated hairs are mostly unpigmented. The activation of epidermal melanocyte stem cells and their differentiation into regenerating hair follicles have been shown to be necessary for the pigmented hair regeneration after wounding. To determine the role of flavonoids in the regeneration of pigmented hairs, we applied the candidate flavonoids to the regenerating hair follicles after wounding and identified the flavonoid species that maximally induced pigmented hair regeneration. Flavonoids with two OH groups in the B-ring, such as sterubin, luteolin, and hydroxygenkwanin, showed promising effects in regenerating black pigmented hairs, while those with one OH group in the B-ring showed no significant change. Thus, flavonoids with two OH groups in their B-ring could be studied further as potential wound healing agents with the ability to regenerate pigmented hair.
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- 2019
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7. Wound Regeneration Deficit in Rats Correlates with Low Morphogenetic Potential and Distinct Transcriptome Profile of Epidermis.
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Guerrero-Juarez CF, Astrowski AA, Murad R, Dang CT, Shatrova VO, Astrowskaja A, Lim CH, Ramos R, Wang X, Liu Y, Lee HL, Pham KT, Hsi TC, Oh JW, Crocker D, Mortazavi A, Ito M, and Plikus MV
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- Animals, Cell Differentiation physiology, Disease Models, Animal, Gene Expression Profiling, Humans, Mice, Morphogenesis physiology, Rats, Rats, Inbred BN, Rats, Inbred BUF, Rats, Inbred F344, Rats, Long-Evans, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Rats, Wistar, Signal Transduction physiology, Species Specificity, Transcriptome physiology, Epidermal Cells physiology, Hair Follicle growth & development, Regeneration, Wound Healing physiology
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Large excisional wounds in mice prominently regenerate new hair follicles (HFs) and fat, yet humans are deficient for this regenerative behavior. Currently, wound-induced regeneration remains a clinically desirable, but only partially understood phenomenon. We show that large excisional wounds in rats across seven strains fail to regenerate new HFs. We compared wound transcriptomes between mice and rats at the time of scab detachment, which coincides with the onset of HF regeneration in mice. In both species, wound dermis and epidermis share core dermal and epidermal transcriptional programs, respectively, yet prominent interspecies differences exist. Compared with mice, rat epidermis expresses distinct transcriptional and epigenetic factors, markers of epidermal repair, hyperplasia, and inflammation, and lower levels of WNT signaling effectors and regulators. When recombined on the surface of excisional wounds with vibrissa dermal papillae, partial-thickness skin grafts containing distal pelage HF segments, but not interfollicular epidermis, readily regenerated new vibrissa-like HFs. Together, our findings establish rats as a nonregenerating rodent model for excisional wound healing and suggest that low epidermal competence and associated transcriptional profile may contribute to its regenerative deficiency. Future comparison between rat and mouse may lend further insight into the mechanism of wounding-induced regeneration and causes for its deficit., (Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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