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    Glossary Hair Follicle Cells

    specialized cells responsible for hair growth and regeneration

    Hair follicle cells, also known as follicular cells, are specialized cells located within the hair follicle, the skin structure responsible for hair growth. These cells play a crucial role in the hair growth cycle, including the phases of growth (anagen), regression (catagen), and rest (telogen). They are involved in the production of keratin, the protein that makes up hair, and are essential for the regeneration and repair of hair.

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    1. The Biology of Hair Follicles The New England Journal of Medicine · 1999 · 1113 citations
    2. Multiple roles for activated LEF/TCF transcription complexes during hair follicle development and differentiation Development · 1999 · 990 citations
    3. Morphogenesis and Renewal of Hair Follicles from Adult Multipotent Stem Cells Cell · 2001 · 949 citations
    4. Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Hair Follicle Development 2002 · 854 citations
    5. Lgr5 marks cycling, yet long-lived, hair follicle stem cells Nature Genetics · 2008 · 835 citations
    6. Wnt-dependent de novo hair follicle regeneration in adult mouse skin after wounding Nature · 2007 · 829 citations
    7. The Hair Follicle as a Dynamic Miniorgan Current Biology · 2009 · 759 citations
    8. The secret life of the hair follicle Trends in genetics · 1992 · 745 citations
    9. Enrichment for Living Murine Keratinocytes from the Hair Follicle Bulge with the Cell Surface Marker CD34 Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2003 · 561 citations
    10. Characterization and isolation of stem cell-enriched human hair follicle bulge cells 2005 · 550 citations
    11. Control of hair growth and follicle size by VEGF-mediated angiogenesis Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2001 · 520 citations
    12. Molecular principles of hair follicle induction and morphogenesis BioEssays · 2005 · 479 citations
    13. Hair Follicle Pigmentation 2005 · 450 citations
    14. Multipotent nestin-positive, keratin-negative hair-follicle bulge stem cells can form neurons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 419 citations
    15. Molecular Dissection of Mesenchymal–Epithelial Interactions in the Hair Follicle PLoS biology · 2005 · 417 citations
    16. Conditional telomerase induction causes proliferation of hair follicle stem cells Nature · 2005 · 414 citations
    17. Variations of Hair Follicle Size and Distribution in Different Body Sites Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2004 · 405 citations
    18. Nerve-Derived Sonic Hedgehog Defines a Niche for Hair Follicle Stem Cells Capable of Becoming Epidermal Stem Cells Cell stem cell · 2011 · 396 citations
    19. Keratin 15 Promoter Targets Putative Epithelial Stem Cells in the Hair Follicle Bulge Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2003 · 387 citations
    20. Acidic and basic hair/nail ("hard") keratins: their colocalization in upper cortical and cuticle cells of the human hair follicle and their relationship to "soft" keratins. 1986 · 356 citations
    21. EZH1 and EZH2 cogovern histone H3K27 trimethylation and are essential for hair follicle homeostasis and wound repair Genes & Development · 2011 · 354 citations
    22. Nestin expression in hair follicle sheath progenitor cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 352 citations
    23. Isolation of a Novel Population of Multipotent Adult Stem Cells from Human Hair Follicles American Journal Of Pathology · 2006 · 344 citations
    24. Sox2-positive dermal papilla cells specify hair follicle type in mammalian epidermis Development · 2009 · 338 citations
    25. Transient activation of β-catenin signalling in adult mouse epidermis is sufficient to induce new hair follicles but continuous activation is required to maintain hair follicle tumours Development · 2004 · 335 citations
    26. SKPs Derive from Hair Follicle Precursors and Exhibit Properties of Adult Dermal Stem Cells Cell stem cell · 2009 · 330 citations
    27. Paracrine TGF-β Signaling Counterbalances BMP-Mediated Repression in Hair Follicle Stem Cell Activation Cell stem cell · 2012 · 321 citations
    28. Review of hair follicle dermal cells Journal of Dermatological Science · 2009 · 321 citations
    29. Implanted hair follicle stem cells form Schwann cells that support repair of severed peripheral nerves Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 319 citations
    30. Penetration Profile of Microspheres in Follicular Targeting of Terminal Hair Follicles 2004 · 316 citations