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Characterizing the phenotype of murine epidermal progenitor cells: complementary whole-mount visualization and flow cytometry strategies.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2012
Henseleit Korinna D, Wheeler Ann P, Warnes Gary, Braun Kristin M
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The epidermis and its appendages, the hair follicle and sebaceous gland, have the capacity to constantly regenerate throughout adult life. Postnatal hair follicles undergo a cyclic mode of tissue homeostasis, defined by periods of growth, degeneration, and rest. A multipotent population of stem cells residing within the hair follicle bulge not only generates the hair lineages during each hair cycle, but also...
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