Keratinocyte growth factor is an important endogenous mediator of hair follicle growth, development, and differentiation. Normalization of the nu/nu follicular differentiation defect and amelioration of chemotherapy-induced alopecia.

July 1995 in “ PubMed ”

Dimitry M. Danilenko, Brian D. Ring, Donna Yanagihara, William G. Benson, B Wiemann, C.O. Starnes, Glenn F. Pierce

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