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Cutaneous consequences of inhibiting EGF receptor signaling in vivo: Normal hair follicle development, but retarded hair cycle induction and inhibition of adipocyte growth in EgfrWa5 mice

  • Koji Sugawara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Marlon R. Schneider

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 89 218076815.
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  • Maik Dahlhoff

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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  • Jennifer E. Kloepper

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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  • Ralf Paus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
    • School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Received 24 June 2009 ,Revised 19 November 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009. Published online 12 July 2010 Corrected Proof

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PII: S0923-1811(09)00363-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2009.12.004

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