“…A number of studies have been directed at dissecting the cellular origin of BCC, whereby Hh signalling activity has been activated in specific epidermal and HF stem/progenitor cell compartments. Despite these studies, the BCCinitiating cell compartment remains controversial and consensus has been difficult to attain with some studies reporting BCC formation following Hh activation in a variety of HF stem cell compartments (Grachtchouk et al, 2011;Kasper et al, 2011;Peterson et al, 2015;Wang et al, 2011), and others indicating BCC potential from IFE structures (Adolphe et al, 2006;Grachtchouk et al, 2011;Villani et al, 2010;Wong and Reiter, 2011;Youssef et al, 2012;Youssef et al, 2010) M A N U S C R I P T…”