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Hair follicles are required for optimal growth during lateral skin expansion.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Oct 2009
Heath Jack, Langton Abigail K, Hammond Nigel L, Overbeek Paul A, Dixon Michael J, Headon Denis J
Abstract excerpt
The hair follicles (HFs) and the interfollicular epidermis (IFE) of intact mature skin are maintained by distinct stem cell populations. Upon wounding, however, emigration of HF keratinocytes to the IFE plays a role in acute stages of healing. In addition to this repair function, rapidly cycling cells of the upper HF have been observed transiting to the IFE in neonatal skin. Here we report that an absence of HF...
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