title: What's new in dermatology: epidermal stem cells.
abstract: The study of stem cells in the epidermis is a rapidly emerging field. Great advances have been made in both basic and clinical research. Advances in basic science include the ability to assay stem cells of the epidermis in vivo, new strong evidence for the existence of an independent interfollicular epidermal stem cell, and improved ability to analyze individual stem cell divisions. Advances in the clinic include recognition of the importance of stem cells for wound repair and for gene therapy and promising results have been obtained in a patient with junctional epidermolysis bullosa over a 12 month period of observation. This article discusses these recent advances in cutaneous stem cell biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charruyer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghadially
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D019070:Cell Lineage; D016764:Cell Polarity; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003880:Dermatology / Q000639:trends*; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D004817:Epidermis / Q000254:growth & development; D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000601:surgery; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000166:cytology; D053823:Hedgehog Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D051381:Rats; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D053823:Hedgehog Proteins