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. 2016 Feb 19;7:49. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00049

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Peripheral sensory nerves inject Shh into variety of structures in the head and tune the activity of stem cell compartments. For instance, nerve-derived Shh plays an important role in controlling stem cell niches in continuously growing incisor, hair follicle, touch dome, and limbal region of cornea in the eye.