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    Glossary Hair Follicle Size

    diameter of the small cavity in the skin producing hair

    Hair follicle size refers to the diameter of the hair follicle, which is the small, tubular cavity in the skin from which hair grows. This size can influence the thickness and texture of the hair strand produced; larger follicles typically produce thicker hair, while smaller follicles produce finer hair. Understanding hair follicle size is important in fields like dermatology and trichology for diagnosing and treating hair-related conditions, such as alopecia.

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    1. Control of hair growth and follicle size by VEGF-mediated angiogenesis Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2001 · 520 citations
    2. Differences in Hair Follicle Dermal Papilla Volume are Due to Extracellular Matrix Volume and Cell Number: Implications for the Control of Hair Follicle Size and Androgen Responses Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 1999 · 231 citations
    3. Scalable production of controllable dermal papilla spheroids on PVA surfaces and the effects of spheroid size on hair follicle regeneration Biomaterials · 2012 · 78 citations
    4. Size-dependent penetration of nanoemulsions into epidermis and hair follicles: implications for transdermal delivery and immunization Oncotarget · 2017 · 96 citations
    5. Variations of Hair Follicle Size and Distribution in Different Body Sites Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2004 · 405 citations
    6. Modulating hair follicle size with <i>Wnt10b/DKK1</i> during hair regeneration Experimental Dermatology · 2014 · 53 citations
    7. The impact of particle size of nanostructured lipid carriers on follicular drug delivery: A comprehensive analysis of mouse and human hair follicle penetration Bioimpacts · 2024
    8. Effect of gelatin nanoparticles’ size and charge on iontophoretic targeted deposition to the hair follicles International Journal of Pharmaceutics · 2024 · 3 citations
    9. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling regulates the size of hair follicles and modulates the expression of cell cycle-associated genes Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2006 · 92 citations
    10. COX2-ATP Synthase Regulates Spine Follicle Size in Hedgehogs International journal of biological sciences · 2023
    11. 872 Dermal Wnt/β-catenin signaling controls hair follicle dermal condensate size during development Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2017
    12. Improved fetal hair follicle development by maternal supplement of selenium at nano size (Nano-Se) Livestock science · 2011 · 18 citations
    13. Morphological Studies of Penetration Pathways via Stratum corneum and Hair Follicles using Nano-sized Iron Oxide Microscopy and Microanalysis · 2017 · 1 citations
    14. Topical application of cinnamon (cinnamomum burmanii) essential oil has the same effectiveness as minoxidil in increasing hair length and diameter size of hair follicles in male white Wistar rats (rattus norvegicus) 2018
    15. Dermal papilla cell number specifies hair size, shape and cycling and its reduction causes follicular decline Development · 2013 · 211 citations
    16. A quantitative technique to analyze and evaluate microstructures of skin hair follicles based on mueller matrix polarimetry Frontiers in Physics · 2022 · 9 citations
    17. 4 Hair Follicle Physiology and Mechanisms of Hair Disorders Hair Transplantation · 2022
    18. Human hair follicle: reservoir function and selective targeting British Journal of Dermatology · 2011 · 97 citations
    19. Related Topic: Drug Permeation Through Hair Follicles Springer eBooks · 2017 · 1 citations
    20. Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeting 5-α-Reductase Inhibitors to the Hair Follicle Pharmaceutics · 2022 · 3 citations
    21. Skin permeation of curcumin nanocrystals: Effect of particle size, delivery vehicles, and permeation enhancer Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces · 2023 · 15 citations
    22. Hair follicle-targeting drug delivery strategies for the management of hair follicle-associated disorders Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2022 · 14 citations
    23. Quantum-Sized Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesised within Mesoporous Silica (SBA-11) by Humid Thermal Decomposition of Zinc Acetate Crystals · 2020 · 12 citations
    24. Growth and viability of Liaoning Cashmere goat hair follicles during the annual hair follicle cycle Genetics and Molecular Research · 2014 · 10 citations
    25. Human hair follicle biomagnetism: potential biochemical correlates 2015 · 8 citations
    26. <i>Phyllanthus emblica</i> Extract-loaded Transfersomes for Hair Follicle Targeting: Phytoconstituents, Characterization, and Hair Growth Promotion Journal of Oleo Science · 2022 · 1 citations
    27. Follicular penetration of nano-sized particulate FA-PLGA and the dye RhBITC in dorsal dog and rat skin, and porcine ear skin as an in vitro model for the human integument 2011
    28. Investigation of the cutaneous penetration behavior of dexamethasone loaded to nano-sized lipid particles by EPR spectroscopy, and confocal Raman and laser scanning microscopy European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics · 2016 · 21 citations
    29. Biology of the hair follicle and mechanisms of nonscarring and scarring alopecia Seminars in cutaneous medicine and surgery · 2015 · 10 citations
    30. TGFβ family mimetic peptide promotes proliferation of human hair follicle dermal papilla cells and hair growth in C57BL/6 mice Biomedical dermatology · 2018 · 9 citations