title: Physiological regeneration of skin appendages and implications for regenerative medicine.
abstract: The concept of regenerative medicine is relatively new, but animals are well known to remake their hair and feathers regularly by normal regenerative physiological processes. Here, we focus on 1) how extrafollicular environments can regulate hair and feather stem cell activities and 2) how different configurations of stem cells can shape organ forms in different body regions to fulfill changing physiological needs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA. cmchuong@usc.edu
authors.forename: Cheng-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chuong
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.forename: Randall B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Widelitz
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ting-Xin
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005241:Feathers / Q000502:physiology; D006197:Hair / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012038:Regeneration; D044968:Regenerative Medicine; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology