Have Hair Follicle Stem Cells Shed Their Tranquil Image?

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Hair Follicle Reconstruction and Stem Cells

De novo hair follicle (HF) formation in embryonic skin and hair growth in postnatal skin are the result of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions between specialized mesenchymal dermal papilla (DP) and epithelial stem cells that give rise to hairs. Adult HF is a valuable source of different lineages of stem cells (SCs) with morphogenetic potential. Epithelial stem cells are residing in the special...

The pluripotency of hair follicle stem cells.

The hair follicle bulge area is an abundant, easily accessible source of actively growing, pluripotent adult stem cells. Nestin, a protein marker for neural stem cells, is also expressed in follicle stem cells as well as their immediate differentiated progeny. The nestin-expressing hair follicle stem cells differentiated into neurons, glial cells, keratinocytes and smooth muscle cells in vitro....

Effect of Neurotrophin-3 on Differentiation of Rat Hair Follicle Stem Cells into Neural Like Cells

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of NT-3 on the decrease of the differentiation time of bulge stem cells of rat hair follicle from neuron like cells.Materials and Methods: The bulge region of the rat whisker was isolated from and cultured in DMEM/F12 supplemented with epidermal growth factor (EGF) in 3 groups for 7, 8 and 9 days .Then 10 ng/ml NT-3 was added to each gro...

Multipotent nestin-expressing hair follicle stem cells.

The hair follicle produces a terminally differentiated keratinized end product, the hair shaft, that is eventually shed. The follicle undergoes cyclical regeneration with at least 10 different epithelial and mesenchymal cell lineages. Hair is formed by rapidly proliferating matrix keratinocytes in the bulb located at the base of the growing (anagen) follicle. The duration of anagen varies great...