Keratinocytes Regulate the Function of Melanocytes

    December 2014 in “ Dermatologica sinica/Zhōnghuá pífūkē yīxué zázhì ”
    Tomohisa Hirobe
    Studysummary This article discusses the interactions between keratinocytes and melanocytes in maintaining epidermal and hair follicle homeostasis, without reporting new experimental results.
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    1. Coordinated Activation of Wnt in Epithelial and Melanocyte Stem Cells Initiates Pigmented Hair Regeneration Cell · 2011
    2. Human Hair Melanins: What We Have Learned and Have Not Learned from Mouse Coat Color Pigmentation Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research · 2010
    3. Structure and Function of Melanocytes: Microscopic Morphology and Cell Biology of Mouse Melanocytes in the Epidermis and Hair Follicle PubMed · 1995
    4. Growth of the Hair Physiological Reviews · 1954

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