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    Activin B Promotes Initiation and Development of Hair Follicles in Mice

    January 2013 in “ Cells Tissues Organs ”
    Qian Jia, Min Zhang, Yanan Kong … Lin Zhang
    Studysummary This study found that activin B promotes the initiation and development of hair follicles in both cultured and neonatal mouse skin models.
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