2021
Skin-resident immune cells actively coordinate their distribution with epidermal cells during homeostasis
Park S, Matte-Martone C, Gonzalez DG, Lathrop EA, May DP, Pineda CM, Moore JL, Boucher JD, Marsh E, Schmitter-Sánchez A, Cockburn K, Markova O, Bellaïche Y, Greco V. Skin-resident immune cells actively coordinate their distribution with epidermal cells during homeostasis. Nature Cell Biology 2021, 23: 476-484. PMID: 33958758, PMCID: PMC8603572, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-021-00670-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic epidermal T cellsLangerhans cellsCell typesEpithelial cellsDifferent cell typesMultiple cell typesLive adult miceGTPase Rac1Skin-resident immune cellsNon-random spatial distributionDistribution of LCContinuous turnoverEpidermal cellsEpidermal T cellsIndividual cellsCellular mechanismsEnvironmental insultsHomeostasisBasal epithelial cellsImmune cellsT cellsAdult miceCellsProper architectureEpidermis
2019
Flexibility sustains epithelial tissue homeostasis
Tai K, Cockburn K, Greco V. Flexibility sustains epithelial tissue homeostasis. Current Opinion In Cell Biology 2019, 60: 84-91. PMID: 31153058, PMCID: PMC6756930, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2019.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial homeostasisEpithelial tissue homeostasisLive-imaging techniquesEpithelial cell interactionsIndividual epithelial cellsOrganism's lifetimeTissue homeostasisCell plasticityCell biologyMolecular mechanismsPathological settingsCell interactionsHomeostasisEpithelial cellsRecent advancesGeneticsBiologyMutationsImportant implicationsEpitheliumMechanismPlasticityCells
2013
Spatial organization within a niche as a determinant of stem-cell fate
Rompolas P, Mesa KR, Greco V. Spatial organization within a niche as a determinant of stem-cell fate. Nature 2013, 502: 513-518. PMID: 24097351, PMCID: PMC3895444, DOI: 10.1038/nature12602.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStem cell fateHair follicle nicheStem cell lineagesStem cellsStem cell nicheHair follicle stem cellsStem cell compartmentFollicle stem cellsFate determinationGenetic lineagesDifferentiated fateAdult tissuesNiche locationsMammalian tissuesNicheHair regenerationLineagesSpatial organizationEpithelial cellsFateCellsHair growthRegenerationLive miceTissue
2012
Live imaging of stem cell and progeny behaviour in physiological hair-follicle regeneration
Rompolas P, Deschene ER, Zito G, Gonzalez DG, Saotome I, Haberman AM, Greco V. Live imaging of stem cell and progeny behaviour in physiological hair-follicle regeneration. Nature 2012, 487: 496-499. PMID: 22763436, PMCID: PMC3772651, DOI: 10.1038/nature11218.Peer-Reviewed Original Research