The onset of differentiation has been assumed to follow withdrawal from the cell cycle. A new study shows that keratinocytes initiate differentiation before exiting the cell cycle, allowing the skin to respond rapidly to damage.
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P.H.J. is supported by Wellcome Trust funding to the Sanger Institute (296194) and a Cancer Research UK Programme Grant (C609/A27326). A.H. is supported by a Maria Zambrano Grant to attract international talent from the Universitat de Barcelona and Ministerio de Universidades and co-funded with Next Generation EU funds.
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Herms, A., Jones, P.H. Splitting up differentiation and cell cycle exit. Nat Cell Biol 24, 1687–1688 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-022-01022-7
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