The Formation of Hair Follicle Induced by Immortalized Human Dermal Papilla Cell Line In Vivo
January 2011
in “
The Chinese Journal of Dermatovenereology
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TLDR DPC-hTERT cells can create hair follicle-like structures.
The study investigated the ability of the immortalized human dermal papilla cell line, DPC-hTERT, to induce hair follicle formation in vivo. Researchers co-injected DPC-hTERT cells at passage 30 with freshly isolated hair follicle epithelial cells into nude mice. The results showed that this combination formed hair follicle-like structures that expressed hair follicle-specific keratin. The conclusion was that DPC-hTERT retained the normal function of dermal papilla cells and could induce hair follicle-like structures in vivo.