The Hair Pigmentation Unit And Hair Graying

April 1986 in “ CRC Press eBooks ”

Bruno Bernard, S Commo

melanins melanogenesis tyrosine melanosomes melanocytes anagen phase

TLDR Hair color is determined by melanins produced in hair cells.

The document discussed the role of melanins in determining hair color, highlighting that hair pigmentation results from melanins present in the hair fiber's cortex. Melanins are produced through melanogenesis, a biochemical process starting with tyrosine, within melanosomes created by melanocytes. Human hair melanocytes are distinct from epidermal melanocytes due to their continuous activation during the hair's anagen phase, likely maintained by an unspecified regulatory network.

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