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    Glossary Hair Follicle Melanocytes

    specialized cells in hair follicles producing hair color pigment

    Hair follicle melanocytes are specialized cells located in the hair follicles that produce melanin, the pigment responsible for hair color. These cells transfer melanin to the keratinocytes, the cells that make up the hair shaft, giving hair its natural color. Changes or damage to these melanocytes can lead to conditions like graying or loss of hair pigmentation.

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    1. Functionally distinct melanocyte populations revealed by reconstitution of hair follicles in mice Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research · 2010 · 10 citations
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    3. Hair Follicle Stem Cells Provide a Functional Niche for Melanocyte Stem Cells Cell stem cell · 2011 · 283 citations
    4. Differentiation of cultured hair follicle neural crest stem cells into functional melanocytes Heliyon · 2024 · 1 citations
    5. Differentiation of CD34+ Human Hair Follicle Stem Cells into Functional Melanocytes IOP conference series. Materials science and engineering · 2018 · 1 citations
    6. Lenalidomide Augments Differentiation of Cultured Hair Follicle Derived Melanocyte Stem Cells Into Functional Melanocytes Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2023
    7. Structure and function of melanocytes: microscopic morphology and cell biology of mouse melanocytes in the epidermis and hair follicle. PubMed · 1995 · 69 citations
    8. The human hair follicle has established a fully functional peripheral equivalent of the hypothamalic‐pituitary‐adrenal‐axis (HPA) Experimental Dermatology · 2005 · 9 citations
    9. Human hair follicles display a functional equivalent of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal (HPA) axis and synthesize cortisol The FASEB Journal · 2005 · 489 citations
    10. 1250 Development of an ex vivo human skin explant model to examine candidate gene functions in the hair follicle and epidermis 2018
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