PMID- 32843916 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 1948-0210 (Print) IS - 1948-0210 (Electronic) IS - 1948-0210 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 7 DP - 2020 Jul 26 TI - Vitamin D and calcium signaling in epidermal stem cells and their regeneration. PG - 604-611 LID - 10.4252/wjsc.v12.i7.604 [doi] AB - Epidermal stem cells (SCs) residing in the skin play an essential role for epidermal regeneration during cutaneous wound healing. Upon injury, distinct epidermal SCs residing in the interfollicular epidermis and/or hair follicles are activated to proliferate. Subsequently, SCs and progeny migrate, differentiate and restore the epidermis. We review a role of the vitamin D signaling through its receptor of vitamin D receptor (Vdr) in these processes. Vdr conditional knockout (cKO) mouse skin experiences a delay in wound re-epithelialization under low dietary calcium conditions, stimulating our efforts to examine a cooperative role of Vdr with calcium signaling through the calcium sensing receptor in the epidermis. We review the role of vitamin D and calcium signaling in different processes essential for injury induced epidermal regeneration during cutaneous wound repair. First, we discuss their roles in self-renewal of epidermal SCs through beta-catenin signaling. Then, we describe epidermal remodeling, in which SCs and progeny migrate and differentiate to restore the epidermis, events controlled by the E-cadherin mediated adherens junction signaling. Finally, we discuss the potential mechanisms for vitamin D and calcium signaling to regulate injury induced epidermal regeneration mutually and interdependently. CI - (c)The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Oda, Yuko AU - Oda Y AD - Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA 94158, United States. FAU - Bikle, Daniel D AU - Bikle DD AD - Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA 94158, United States. LA - eng GR - I01 BX001066/BX/BLRD VA/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - World J Stem Cells JT - World journal of stem cells JID - 101535826 PMC - PMC7415249 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Calcium OT - Epidermis OT - Regeneration OT - Stem cells OT - Vitamin D OT - Wound healing COIS- Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interests for this article. EDAT- 2020/08/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/28 06:01 PMCR- 2020/07/26 CRDT- 2020/08/27 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/05/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.4252/wjsc.v12.i7.604 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - World J Stem Cells. 2020 Jul 26;12(7):604-611. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v12.i7.604.