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January 2003 in “Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery” This study indicates that nail-matrical fibroblasts can induce hard keratin expression in non-nail-matrical keratinocytes, suggesting potential for using non-nail-matrical epidermal grafts to treat nail injuries.
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May 1980 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” In this study, three patients with alopecia areata exhibited spotty absence of the whiteness of their nail lunulae, potentially due to defects in the matrical epithelium.
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January 2012 in “Journal of Toxicologic Pathology” This case report describes a hybrid cyst in a Sprague-Dawley rat, showing both infundibular and matrical differentiation similar to different parts of normal hair follicles.
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January 2017 The document outlines criteria to identify and differentiate neoplasms based on follicular characteristics.
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February 2008 in “Journal of cutaneous pathology” This study revealed that during fetal development, MITF and Mart-1 expressing melanocytes progress from the dermis to the epidermis and hair follicles, with MITF possibly marking follicular stem cells.