Search Results - "Wong, Sunny Y."
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Basal Cell Carcinoma Preferentially Arises from Stem Cells within Hair Follicle and Mechanosensory Niches
Published in Cell stem cell (02-04-2015)“…Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is characterized by frequent loss of PTCH1, leading to constitutive activation of the Hedgehog pathway. Although the requirement for…”
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The fate of early perichondrial cells in developing bones
Published in Nature communications (28-11-2022)“…In endochondral bone development, bone-forming osteoblasts and bone marrow stromal cells have dual origins in the fetal cartilage and its surrounding…”
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Cilia-Associated Oxysterols Activate Smoothened
Published in Molecular cell (18-10-2018)“…Primary cilia are required for Smoothened to transduce vertebrate Hedgehog signals, but how Smoothened accumulates in cilia and is activated is incompletely…”
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Hair follicle and interfollicular epidermal stem cells make varying contributions to wound regeneration
Published in Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) (02-11-2015)“…Upon wounding, multiple stem cell populations in the hair follicle (HF) and interfollicular epidermis (IFE) converge at the site of injury. Although these…”
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Primary cilia can both mediate and suppress Hedgehog pathway-dependent tumorigenesis
Published in Nature medicine (01-09-2009)“…Primary cilia are present on most mammalian cells and are implicated in transducing Hedgehog (Hh) signals during development; however, the prevalence of cilia…”
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Wounding mobilizes hair follicle stem cells to form tumors
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-03-2011)“…A wide variety of human cancers are associated with injury. Although stem cells participate in tissue regeneration after wounding, it is unclear whether these…”
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Sebaceous immunobiology - skin homeostasis, pathophysiology, coordination of innate immunity and inflammatory response and disease associations
Published in Frontiers in immunology (10-11-2022)“…This review presents several aspects of the innovative concept of sebaceous immunobiology, which summarizes the numerous activities of the sebaceous gland…”
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Hair Follicle Terminal Differentiation Is Orchestrated by Distinct Early and Late Matrix Progenitors
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (25-04-2017)“…During development and regeneration, matrix progenitors undergo terminal differentiation to form the concentric layers of the hair follicle. These…”
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Lymphatic or Hematogenous Dissemination: How Does a Metastatic Tumor Cell Decide?
Published in Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) (15-04-2006)“…The formation of distant metastases is the deadliest phase of cancer progression. Although numerous studies have identified genes and mechanisms that affect…”
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Niche-Specific Factors Dynamically Regulate Sebaceous Gland Stem Cells in the Skin
Published in Developmental cell (04-11-2019)“…Oil-secreting sebaceous glands (SGs) are critical for proper skin function; however, it remains unclear how different factors act together to modulate SG stem…”
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Distinct mechanisms for sebaceous gland self-renewal and regeneration provide durability in response to injury
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (26-09-2023)“…Sebaceous glands (SGs) release oils that protect our skin, but how these glands respond to injury has not been previously examined. Here, we report that SGs…”
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Direct cellular reprogramming enables development of viral T antigen-driven Merkel cell carcinoma in mice
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-04-2022)“…Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer that frequently carries an integrated Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) genome and…”
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Hair follicles modulate skin barrier function
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (23-07-2024)“…Our skin provides a protective barrier that shields us from our environment. Barrier function is typically associated with the interfollicular epidermis;…”
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Loss of Gata6 causes dilation of the hair follicle canal and sebaceous duct
Published in Experimental dermatology (01-04-2019)“…The uppermost aspect of the hair follicle, known as the infundibulum or hair canal, provides a passageway for hair shaft egress and sebum secretion. Recent…”
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A Cascade of Wnt, Eda, and Shh Signaling Is Essential for Touch Dome Merkel Cell Development
Published in PLoS genetics (01-07-2016)“…The Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway regulates developmental, homeostatic, and repair processes throughout the body. In the skin, touch domes develop in…”
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Basal cell carcinomas acquire secondary mutations to overcome dormancy and progress from microscopic to macroscopic disease
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (03-05-2022)“…Basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) frequently possess immense mutational burdens; however, the functional significance of most of these mutations remains unclear…”
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Tumor-secreted vascular endothelial growth factor-C is necessary for prostate cancer lymphangiogenesis, but lymphangiogenesis is unnecessary for lymph node metastasis
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-11-2005)“…Dissemination to draining lymph nodes is a frequent first step in prostate cancer metastasis. Although tumors metastasize to lymph nodes via the lymphatics,…”
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Role of epidermal primary cilia in the homeostasis of skin and hair follicles
Published in Development (Cambridge) (01-05-2011)“…Skin and hair follicle morphogenesis and homeostasis require the integration of multiple signaling pathways, including Hedgehog (Hh) and Wingless (Wnt), and…”
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Trask Loss Enhances Tumorigenic Growth by Liberating Integrin Signaling and Growth Factor Receptor Cross-Talk in Unanchored Cells
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-02-2013)“…The cell surface glycoprotein Trask/CDCP1 is phosphorylated during anchorage loss in epithelial cells in which it inhibits integrin clustering, outside-in…”
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Use of Singapore’s “Standard Details of Road Elements” for distance estimation in traffic crash reconstruction: A comparison with onsite measurements and Google Earth Pro
Published in Forensic science international (01-08-2020)“…We report the use of the geometric design standard for road markings published in the “Standard Details of Road Elements” (‘SDRE’) by the Land Transport…”
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