From basal cell carcinoma morphogenesis to the alopecia induced by hedgehog inhibitors: connecting the dots

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The deciphering of the hedgehog (Hh) signalling pathway implicated in the tumorigenesis of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) led to the development of targeted drug therapies, the Hh pathway inhibitors (HPIs) vismodegib and sonidegib. In the skin, physiological Hh signalling is activated in growing hair follicles (HFs), where it is required for proliferation of the epithelium of HFs during morphogenesis and for their...

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