Musashi-1 is the candidate of the regulator of hair cell progenitors during inner ear regeneration.
Takahiro WakasakiHiroaki NiiroSiamak Jabbarzadeh-TabriziMitsuru OhashiTakashi KimitsukiTakashi NakagawaShizuo KomuneKoichi AkashiPublished in: BMC neuroscience (2017)
The findings of this study suggested that MSI1 played an important role in the proliferation of supporting cells in the inner ear during normal and damaged conditions and could be a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of vestibular defects.