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Hair follicle aging is driven by transepidermal elimination of stem cells via COL17A1 proteolysis

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Pivotal role for decorin in angiogenesis

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Decorin has an appetite for endothelial cell autophagy

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β1 Integrin Signaling Maintains Human Epithelial Progenitor Cell Survival In Situ and Controls Proliferation, Apoptosis and Migration of Their Progeny

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Decorin Antagonizes IGF Receptor I (IGF-IR) Function by Interfering with IGF-IR Activity and Attenuating Downstream Signaling

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A decisive function of transforming growth factor-β/Smad signaling in tissue morphogenesis and differentiation of human HaCaT keratinocytes

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