Follicular Stem Cells in Androgenetic Alopecia

January 2015 in “ Journal of Cytology and Histology ”

Hend Gamil, Magda Assaf, Manal Elsayed, Khaled Gharib, Ayman Yosef, Mohamed S. Khater, Mohamed E. Nasr, Mohamed Mohamed Soliman

androgenetic alopecia follicular stem cells Cytokeratin 15 immunostaining follicular bulge region outer root sheath biopsy specimens scalp AGA CK 15

Studysummary This study suggests that follicular stem cells in the bulge region are not directly targeted in androgenetic alopecia, based on the consistent presence of cytokeratin 15 across scalp samples from affected patients.

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