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    Glossary Hair Growth Cycle

    process where hair follicles undergo growth, transition, and rest phases

    The Hair Growth Cycle, also known as Hair Follicle Cycling, consists of three main phases: anagen (growth phase), catagen (transitional phase), and telogen (resting phase). During the anagen phase, hair actively grows from the follicle, which can last several years. The catagen phase is a short period where growth stops, and the hair follicle shrinks. Finally, in the telogen phase, the hair rests before eventually falling out, making way for new hair to begin the cycle again. Understanding these phases is crucial for diagnosing and treating hair loss conditions like alopecia.

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    1. Resting no more: re‐defining telogen, the maintenance stage of the hair growth cycle Biological Reviews · 2014 · 120 citations
    2. Hair Growth Cycle Affects Hair Follicle Destruction by Ruby Laser Pulses Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 1998 · 112 citations
    3. Prolactin Signaling Influences the Timing Mechanism of the Hair Follicle: Analysis of Hair Growth Cycles in Prolactin Receptor Knockout Mice* Endocrinology · 2001 · 73 citations
    4. Improving stable isotopic interpretations made from human hair through reduction of growth cycle error American Journal of Biological Anthropology · 2011 · 72 citations
    5. Manipulation of outer root sheath cell survival perturbs the hair-growth cycle The EMBO Journal · 1999 · 37 citations
    6. Hair Growth Cycle Is Arrested in SCD1 Deficiency by Impaired Wnt3a-Palmitoleoylation and Retrieved by the Artificial Lipid Barrier Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2017 · 23 citations
    7. Morphogenesis, Growth Cycle and Molecular Regulation of Hair Follicles Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology · 2022 · 21 citations
    8. Serum prolactin and dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations during the summer and winter hair growth cycles of mink (Mustela vison) Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 1998 · 18 citations
    9. Screening the key genes of hair follicle growth cycle in Inner Mongolian Cashmere goat based on RNA sequencing Archiv für Tierzucht · 2020 · 14 citations
    10. Prolactin Signaling Influences the Timing Mechanism of the Hair Follicle: Analysis of Hair Growth Cycles in Prolactin Receptor Knockout Mice Endocrinology · 2001 · 14 citations
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    3. SCUBE3 Signalling protein made in the hair follicle
    4. Bimatoprost Prostaglandin eye drop used for glaucoma and eyelash growth
    5. Follistatin Protein that blocks activin, a growth-regulating signal
    6. Peppermint herb and oil thought to stimulate skin and hair
    7. Adenosine Molecule the body uses for energy, used as a cosmetic hair-lotion ingredient
    8. Procyanidin Plant polyphenol found in apples and grape seeds
    9. Latanoprost Prostaglandin eye drop used for glaucoma
    10. Minoxidil Vasodilator used on the scalp and, at low doses, as a tablet
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