Title |
Transcriptional profiling of putative human epithelial stem cells
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, July 2008
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-9-359 |
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Authors |
Salih S Koçer, Petar M Djurić, Mónica F Bugallo, Sanford R Simon, Maja Matic |
Abstract |
Human interfollicular epidermis is sustained by the proliferation of stem cells and their progeny, transient amplifying cells. Molecular characterization of these two cell populations is essential for better understanding of self renewal, differentiation and mechanisms of skin pathogenesis. The purpose of this study was to obtain gene expression profiles of alpha 6+/MHCI+, transient amplifying cells and alpha 6+/MHCI-, putative stem cells, and to compare them with existing data bases of gene expression profiles of hair follicle stem cells. The expression of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I, previously shown to be absent in stem cells in several tissues, and alpha 6 integrin were used to isolate MHCI positive basal cells, and MHCI low/negative basal cells. |
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