Hair cells are highly specialized cells, attached to be basement membrane in the organ of corti within the cochlea. They have hair-like protrusions (stereocilia) embedded in the tectorial membrane.
Figure 2: Utricular hair cells in mutant mice show stereocilia defects at P0 and E18. Figure 5: The ECM is perturbed in the utricle of Itga8-deficient mice. We conclude that, in the absence of ...
Hair follicles (HF) regenerate throughout adult life, involving a 2-way signaling between epithelial stem cells and its niche. The niche includes mesenchymal cells such as dermal papillae and ...
The inner ear, which consists of the cochlea and vestibular systems, is a morphologically complex sensory organ. Hair cells, which serve as inner ear sensory cells, are critical for the transduction ...