The document described a pioneering method for culturing human hair follicle cells using the bovine eye lens capsule as a substrate. This approach allowed for the formation of growing colonies of diploid keratinocytes in a culture medium supplemented with hydrocortisone and insulin, with approximately 70% of the original follicles successfully forming these colonies.
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March 1984 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” 88 citations
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January 1981 in “British Journal of Dermatology” The document described a pioneering method for culturing human hair follicle cells using the bovine eye lens capsule as a substrate. This approach allowed for the formation of growing colonies of diploid keratinocytes in a culture medium supplemented with hydrocortisone and insulin, with approximately 70% of the original follicles successfully forming these colonies.
