Expression of Cyclooxygenase Isozymes During Morphogenesis and Cycling of Pelage Hair Follicles in Mouse Skin: Precocious Onset of the First Catagen Phase and Alopecia Upon Cyclooxygenase-2 Overexpression

    September 2003 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology
    Karin Müller‐Decker, Christoph Leder, Melanie Neumann … Jürgen Schweizer
    Studysummary This study suggests that the COX-2 enzyme plays a role in hair follicle biology, as transgenic overexpression in mice induced hair follicle cycling disturbances and alopecia, which was mitigated by COX-2 inhibition.
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