Hedgehog stimulates hair follicle neogenesis by creating inductive dermis during murine skin wound healing
Lim CH, Sun Q, Ratti K, Lee SH, Zheng Y, Takeo M, Lee W, Rabbani P, Plikus MV, Cain JE, Wang DH, Watkins DN, Millar S, Taketo MM, Myung P, Cotsarelis G, Ito M. Hedgehog stimulates hair follicle neogenesis by creating inductive dermis during murine skin wound healing. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 4903. PMID: 30464171, PMCID: PMC6249328, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07142-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSonic hedgehog pathwayMechanisms of scarringHair follicle neogenesisHF neogenesisFibrotic repairScarring woundsMurine skinShh overexpressionWound repairHair follicle regenerationWound healingFollicle neogenesisHedgehog pathwayDermal papillaWnt activationFibrosisWoundsScarringHealingSignal activationNeogenesisActivation resultsMammalian woundsActivationFollicle regeneration