Nascent Blood Vessels in the Skin Arise from Nestin-Expressing Hair-Follicle Cells

    Yasuyuki Amoh, Lingna Li, Meng Yang … Robert M. Hoffman
    Studysummary This study found that nestin-driven GFP labels blood vessels originating from hair follicles in mice, which could be used to study early events in skin angiogenesis and for antiangiogenesis drug screening.
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    Research cited in this study 4

    1. Nestin Expression in Hair Follicle Sheath Progenitor Cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003
    2. Control of Hair Growth and Follicle Size by VEGF-Mediated Angiogenesis Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2001
    3. Morphogenesis and Renewal of Hair Follicles from Adult Multipotent Stem Cells Cell · 2001
    4. Involvement of Follicular Stem Cells in Forming Not Only the Follicle but Also the Epidermis Cell · 2000

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