Nature Communications (May 2021)

Symmetry breaking of tissue mechanics in wound induced hair follicle regeneration of laboratory and spiny mice

  • Hans I-Chen Harn,
  • Sheng-Pei Wang,
  • Yung-Chih Lai,
  • Ben Van Handel,
  • Ya-Chen Liang,
  • Stephanie Tsai,
  • Ina Maria Schiessl,
  • Arijita Sarkar,
  • Haibin Xi,
  • Michael Hughes,
  • Stefan Kaemmer,
  • Ming-Jer Tang,
  • Janos Peti-Peterdi,
  • April D. Pyle,
  • Thomas E. Woolley,
  • Denis Evseenko,
  • Ting-Xin Jiang,
  • Cheng-Ming Chuong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22822-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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How hair follicle regeneration arises readily in some species ie. spiny rather than laboratory mice, is unclear. Here, authors compare them, showing an optimal stiffness is needed for placode formation and the difference in hair follicle regenerative behaviour after wounding is linked to Twist1.