# Corresponding author: (2009)
Ting-xin Jiang, All B. Widelitz, Wei-min Shen, Peter Will, Da-yu Wu, Cheng-ming Chuong
Integument pattern formation involves genetic and epigenetic controls operated at different levels: Feather arrays simulated by a digital hormone model
Maksim Plikus, Wen Pin Wang, Jian Liu, Xia Wang, Ting-xin Jiang
Ectodermal organs are composed of keratinocytes organized in different ways during induction, morphogenesis, differentiation, and regenerative stages. We hypothesize that an imbalance of fundamental...
Han-sung Jung, Ting-xin Jiang, Cheng-ming Chuong
We studied the roles of Notch, Delta, and Serrate in vertebrate epithelial appendage morphogenesis using feather as a model and found the following. (1) C-Notch-1, C-Delta-1, and C-Serrate-1 are not...
Han-sung Jung, All B. Widelitz, Ting-xin Jiang, Sheree Ting-berreth, Cheryll Tickle, Lewis Wolpert, ...
The formation of periodic patterns is fundamental in biology. Theoretical models describing these phenomena have been proposed for feather patterning; however, no molecular candidates have been...
Molecular Shaping of the Beak (2008)
R. A. Schneider, D. Hu, J. L. Rubenstein, M. Maden, P. A. Trainor, K. R. Melton, ...
Park for permits and logistical support; M. Kirschner for discussions that led to the inception of this project; and P. Wu and C.-M. Chuong for sharing data before submission. A.A. was supported
Ping Wu, Ting-xin Jiang, Jen-yee Shen, All Bruce Widelitz, Cheng-ming Chuong
Avian beak diversity is a classic example of morphological evolution. Recently, we showed that localized cell proliferation mediated by bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) can explain the different...
Ping Wu, Lianhai Hou, Maksim Plikus, Michael Hughes, Jeffrey Scehnet, Sanong Suksaweang, ...
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The biology of feather follicles (2004)
Mingke Yu, Zhicao Yue, Ping Wu, Da-yu Wu, Julie-ann Mayer, Marcus Medina, ...
Sanong Suksaweang, Chih-min Lin, Ting-xin Jiang, Michael W. Hughes, All B. Widelitz, Cheng-ming Chuong
Morphogenesis of chicken liver: identification of localized growth zones
DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE (2002)
Liang Ma, Jian Liu, Tobey Wu, Maksim Plikus, Ting-xin Jiang, Qun Bi, ...
doi:10.1242/dev.00201
All B. Widelitz, Ting-xin Jiang, Jianfen Lu, Cheng-ming Chuong
We explored the role of �-catenin in chicken skin morphogenesis. Initially �-catenin mRNA was expressed at homogeneous levels in the epithelia over a skin appendage tract field which became...
Ting-xin Jiang, Yi-hsin Liu, All B. Widelitz, Ramendra K. Kundu, Robert E. Maxson, C. M. Chuong
The homeobox gene Msx-2 is expressed specifically in sites of skin appendage formation. To explore its part in skin morphogenesis, we produced transgenic mice expressing Msx-2 under the control of...
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All B. Widelitz, Ting-xin Jiang, N. Susan Stott, Han-sung Jung
Wnt-7a in feather morphogenesis: involvement of anterior-posterior asymmetry and proximal-distal elongation demonstrated with an in vitro reconstitution model
Molecular histology in skin appendage morphogenesis (1997)
Randall B. Widelitz, Ting-xin Jiang, Alexander Noveen, Eric Yin, Han-sung Jung, ...
KEY WORDS hair; feather; development; evolution; homeobox genes; adhesion molecules; growth factors; signaling molecules ABSTRACT Classical histological studies have demonstrated the cellular...
Yue, Zhicao, Jiang, Ting-Xin, Widelitz, Randall Bruce, Chuong, Cheng-Ming
The evolution of bilaterally symmetric feathers is a fundamental process leading toward flight. One major unsolved mystery is how the feathers of a single bird can form radially symmetric downy...
Yue, Zhicao, Jiang, Ting-Xin, Widelitz, Randall Bruce, Chuong, Cheng-Ming
The evolution of bilaterally symmetric feathers is a fundamental process leading toward flight. One major unsolved mystery is how the feathers of a single bird can form radially symmetric downy...
Plikus, Maksim, Wang, Wen Pin, Liu, Jian, Wang, Xia, Jiang, Ting-Xin, Chuong, Cheng-Ming
Ectodermal organs are composed of keratinocytes organized in different ways during induction, morphogenesis, differentiation, and regenerative stages. We hypothesize that an imbalance of fundamental...