Characterization of Hair Follicle Development in Engineered Skin Substitutes
June 2013
in “
PLOS ONE
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hair follicle development engineered skin substitutes human keratinocytes murine dermal papilla cells chimeric skin substitutes pigmented hairs sebaceous glands gene expression analysis hair-related genes tissue-engineered skin hair regeneration hair restoration hair growth skin grafts hair cells mouse skin cells mixed skin substitutes colored hairs oil glands gene study hair genes artificial skin hair treatment
Studysummary This study demonstrated that engineered skin substitutes using human keratinocytes and murine dermal papilla cells can develop pigmented hairs without sebaceous glands, suggesting separate pathways for hair development and eruption.
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