UNSW Embryology

Integumentary Development - Nails

© Dr Mark Hill (2009)

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Nail and claw formation.

Page Links: Introduction | Some Recent Findings | Development Overview | Histology | Molecular Development | Nail Abnormalities | References | WWW Links | Terms | Glossary

Some Recent Findings

Hair Follicle Pattern Formation there are two stage dependent ways of regulating pattern formation. Wang Y, Badea T, Nathans J. Order from disorder: Self-organization in mammalian hair patterning.

Development Overview

Histology

Molecular

Nail Abnormalities

Covered in developmental notes on Integumentary Development Abnormalities, Nail Development and Integumentary Development.

Congenital hyponychia

Anonychia

Nail-patella syndrome

Ectodermal dysplasias

Brachydactylies

Search PubMed Now: Congenital hyponychia | Anonychia |

References

Reviews | Articles | Search NCBI Bookshelf | Search PubMed

Reviews

Peters EM, Arck PC, Paus R. Hair growth inhibition by psychoemotional stress: a mouse model for neural mechanisms in hair growth control. Exp Dermatol. 2006 Jan;15(1):1-13.

Articles

Wang Y, Badea T, Nathans J. Order from disorder: Self-organization in mammalian hair patterning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Dec 26;103(52):19800-5. Epub 2006 Dec 15. PNAS Link

Search NCBI Bookshelf: Bookshelf - nail development

Search PubMed: Search Mar07 "nail development" 641 reference articles of which 84 were reviews (10 - fold less than hair results!).

Search term = nail development | Congenital hyponychia |

Glossary of Terms

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Terms

trachyonychia nail plate roughness, pitting, and ridging affecting one or all twenty nails.

toenail onychomycosis is generally caused by dermatophytes (Trichophyton species).

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