Rac1 Is Required for Epithelial Stem Cell Function during Dermal and Oral Mucosal Wound Healing but Not for Tissue Homeostasis in Mice

• Rogerio M. Castilho,

  Affiliations Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Cristiane H. Squarize,

  Affiliations Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Kantima Leelahavanichkul,

  Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Yi Zheng,

  Affiliation Division of Experimental Hematology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Thomas Bugge,

  Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• J. Silvio Gutkind

  * E-mail: sg39v@nih.gov

  Affiliation Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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