82 citations
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May 2004 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study found CK19/Bcl-2-positive and Bax-negative cells in hair follicle cultures from plucked hairs, supporting their potential identification as follicular stem cells located in the bulge area.
21 citations
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October 2009 in “Biochemical Engineering Journal” This review discusses various approaches to treating alopecia, including drug therapy and hair transplantation, but reports no new research findings; the authors highlight the need for novel techniques like cell culturing.
14 citations
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September 2018 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” This study suggests that co-culturing human outer root sheath cells with human dermal papilla cells can restore their ability to induce hair growth by altering gene expression through paracrine signaling.
January 2006 in “Zhongguo bijiao yixue zazhi” This study demonstrated a simple and efficient method to isolate epithelial cells from rat vibrissa follicles, reducing labor and contamination risk while maintaining positive K19 staining.
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July 2004 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Certain tyrosine kinases may regulate hair growth and could help develop hair loss treatments.