Involvement of Follicular Stem Cells in Forming Not Only the Follicle but Also the Epidermis

Label-retaining cells reside in the bulge area of pilosebaceous unit: Implications for follicular stem cells, hair cycle, and skin carcinogenesis

George Cotsarelis, Tung‐Tien Sun, Robert M. Lavker · Cell · 1990 · 2.3K citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Dermatology +17

Origin, differentiation and renewal of the four main epithelial cell types in the mouse small intestine V. Unitarian theory of the origin of the four epithelial cell types

Hazel Cheng, C. P. Leblond · American Journal of Anatomy · 1974 · 1.7K citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Endocytosis +13

Existence of slow-cycling limbal epithelial basal cells that can be preferentially stimulated to proliferate: Implications on epithelial stem cells

George Cotsarelis, Shih-Zen Cheng, Gang Dong et al. · Cell · 1989 · 1.4K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology +14

Differentiation-related expression of a major 64K corneal keratin in vivo and in culture suggests limbal location of corneal epithelial stem cells.

Alexander Schermer, Sharon Galvin, Tung‐Tien Sun · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1986 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +12

Long-term restoration of damaged corneal surfaces with autologous cultivated corneal epithelium

Graziella Pellegrini, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Adriano T. Franzi et al. · The Lancet · 1997 · 1.4K citations

Medicine, Ophthalmology, Surgery +15