Identifying critical cell types and gene regulatory pathways for hair and skin disease

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. 2023 Aug;55(8):1263-1264.

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Integrated single-cell chromatin and transcriptomic analyses of human scalp identify gene-regulatory programs and critical cell types for hair and skin diseases.
Ober-Reynolds B, Wang C, Ko JM, Rios EJ, Aasi SZ, Davis MM, Oro AE, Greenleaf WJ. Ober-Reynolds B, et al. Nat Genet. 2023 Aug;55(8):1288-1300. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01445-4. Epub 2023 Jul 27. Nat Genet. 2023. PMID: 37500727 Free PMC article.

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