Human Hair Follicles Can Taste: Stimulation of the Bitter Taste Receptor TAS2R4 Inhibits Hair Growth Ex Vivo by Up-Regulating TGF-β2

    Jennifer Gherardini, T. Rouillé, M. Ferholz … R. Paus
    Studysummary This study reports that activating the bitter taste receptor TAS2R4 with rebaudioside A can inhibit hair growth in human scalp hair follicles by promoting catagen through TGF-β pathway activation.
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