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SUBMITTER: Walters BJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423718 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Walters Bradley J BJ Coak Emily E Dearman Jennifer J Bailey Grace G Yamashita Tetsuji T Kuo Bryan B Zuo Jian J
Cell reports 20170401 2
Hearing loss is widespread and persistent because mature mammalian auditory hair cells (HCs) are nonregenerative. In mice, the ability to regenerate HCs from surrounding supporting cells (SCs) declines abruptly after postnatal maturation. We find that combining p27<sup>Kip1</sup> deletion with ectopic ATOH1 expression surmounts this age-related decline, leading to conversion of SCs to HCs in mature mouse cochleae and after noise damage. p27<sup>Kip1</sup> deletion, independent of canonical effec ...[more]