Human Hair Follicles Are an Extrarenal Source and a Nonhematopoietic Target of Erythropoietin

    May 2007 in “ ˜The œFASEB journal ”
    Enikő Bodó, Arno Kromminga, Wolfgang Funk … Ralf Paus
    Studysummary This study found that human hair follicles express erythropoietin and its receptor, suggesting these follicles may use erythropoietin signaling to modulate apoptosis under stress conditions like hypoxia and chemotherapy.
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