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Hair follicle disruption facilitates pathogenesis to UVB-induced cutaneous inflammation and basal cell carcinoma development in Ptch(+/-) mice.
The American journal of pathology - 1 May 2014
Xu Jianmin, Weng Zhiping, Arumugam Aadithya, Tang Xiuwei, Chaudhary Sandeep C, Li Changzhao, Christiano Angela M, Elmets Craig A, Bickers David R, Athar Mohammad
Abstract excerpt
Hairless mice carrying homozygous mutations in hairless gene manifest rudimentary hair follicles (HFs), epidermal cysts, hairless phenotype, and enhanced susceptibility to squamous cell carcinomas. However, their susceptibility to basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), a neoplasm considered originated from HF-localized stem cells, is unknown. To demonstrate the role of HFs in BCC development, we bred Ptch(+/-)/C57BL6 with...
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