Hair Cell Regeneration

Yan Chen, Shasha Zhang, Renjie Chai, Huawei Li*

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Abstract

Cochlear hair cells are mechanoreceptors of the auditory system and cannot spontaneously regenerate in adult mammals; thus hearing loss due to hair cell damage is permanent. In contrast, hair cells in nonmammalian vertebrates such as birds and in the zebrafish lateral line have the ability to regenerate after hair cell loss. Many regulatory factors, including signaling pathways, transcription factors, and epigenetic regulators, play roles in hair cell regeneration in various species. In this chapter, we review the history of hair cell regeneration research, the methods used in the study of hair cell regeneration, the properties and modulating factors of inner ear stem cells, and the re-formation of cochlear ribbon synapses and hearing function recovery.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages1-16
Number of pages16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume1130
ISSN (Print)0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

Keywords

  • Auditory system
  • Cochlea
  • Epigenetic regulation
  • Hair cell regeneration
  • Signaling pathways
  • Transcription factors

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Chen, Y., Zhang, S., Chai, R., & Li, H. (2019). Hair Cell Regeneration. In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (pp. 1-16). (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; Vol. 1130). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6123-4_1