Zuo also saw
regeneration of hair cells from supporting cells, but most of the new cells died within 2 weeks.
Not exact matches
Moreover, the scientists have found that these stem
cells depend upon a family
of proteins known as the «Wnt signaling network» — the same proteins that play a crucial role in
hair and tissue
regeneration — to regenerate bone in the fingertip.
First, imaging experiments revealed that Tregs have a close relationship with the stem
cells that reside within
hair follicles and allow them to regenerate: the number
of active Tregs clustering around follicle stem
cells typically swells by three-fold as follicles enter the growth phase
of their regular cycle
of rest and
regeneration.
The epithelial stem
cells, when implanted into immunocompromised mice, regenerated the different
cell types
of human skin and
hair follicles, and even produced structurally recognizable
hair shaft, raising the possibility that they may eventually enable
hair regeneration in people.
Robust
regeneration of adult zebrafish lateral line
hair cells reflects continued precursor pool maintenance.
Notch signaling regulates the extent
of hair cell regeneration in the zebrafish lateral line.
«We have demonstrated that engineered blood vessels prepared with smooth muscle progenitor
cells from
hair follicles are capable
of dilating and constricting, critical properties that make them ideal for engineering cardiovascular tissue
regeneration,» said Andreadis.