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SUBMITTER: Wang D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3789848 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Dongmei D Zhang Zhaojie Z O'Loughlin Evan E Wang Li L Fan Xiying X Lai Eric C EC Yi Rui R
Nature cell biology 20130825 10
Skin stem cells (SCs) are specified and rapidly expanded to fuel body growth during early development. However, the molecular mechanisms that govern the amplification of skin SCs remain unclear. Here we report an essential role for miR-205, one of the most highly expressed microRNAs in skin SCs, in promoting neonatal expansion of these cells. Unlike most mammalian miRNAs, genetic deletion of miR-205 causes neonatal lethality with severely compromised epidermal and hair follicle growth. In the mi ...[more]