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Hairless Suppresses Vitamin D Receptor Transactivation in Human Keratinocytes
4 Nov 2005
Abstract excerpt
The vitamin D receptor (VDR) and its ligand 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] are required for normal keratinocyte differentiation. Both the epidermis and the hair follicle are disrupted in VDR-null mice. Hairless (Hr), a presumptive transcription factor with no known ligand, when mutated, disrupts hair follicle cycling similar to the effects of VDR mutations. Hr, like VDR, is found in the nuclei of...
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