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Stretch exercises for stem cells expand the skin

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NATURE
Volume 584, Issue 7820, Pages 197-198

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NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02158-y

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Stem cells; Regeneration; Cell biology

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Responses of epidermal stem cells to stretch in a living organism. Stretching the skin of mice reveals that mechanical strain is communicated by a subpopulation of stem cells that proliferate and promote mechanical resistance, and so generate extra skin.

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