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. 2015 Sep 14;34(5):488-90.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.08.021.

Secrets of the Hair Follicle: Now on Your iPhone

Sarah E Millar  1
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Secrets of the Hair Follicle: Now on Your iPhone

Sarah E Millar. Dev Cell. .

Abstract

Skin development requires communication between epithelial and mesenchymal cells, melanocytes, and neurons. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Sennett et al. (2015) shed new light on these mechanisms by simultaneously profiling multiple different cell types in embryonic mouse skin at the onset of hair follicle formation.

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Cell types in embryonic mouse skin at E14.5.
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