[WS04] Workshop 04 Cell adhesion / ECM / Cell-cell interaction / Mechanobiology (1)

[WS04-11] Hair Follicle Epidermal Stem Cells Define a Niche for Tactile Sensation

*Hironobu Fujiwara¹, Chun-Chun Cheng¹, Ko Tsutsui¹, Toru Taguchi², Noriko Sanzen¹, Asako Nakagawa¹, Kisa Kakiguchi¹, Shigenobu Yonemura³, Chiharu Tanegashima⁴, Sean Keeley⁴, Hiroshi Kiyonari⁴, Yasuhiro Furuta⁴, Yasuko Tomono⁵, Fiona Watt⁶ (1. RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, 2. Niigata University of Health and Welfare, 3. Tokushima Univ., 4. RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, 5. Shigei Medical Research Inst., 6. King's College London)

Keywords:Hair follicle stem cells, Extracellular matrix, Tactile sensation, Mechano-biology, Epithelial-mesenchymal interaction