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Hair Follicle Immune Privilege Revisited: The Key to Alopecia Areata Management.
The journal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings - 1 Jan 2018
Paus Ralf, Bulfone-Paus Silvia, Bertolini Marta
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The collapse of the immune privilege (IP) of the anagen hair bulb is now accepted as a key element in AA pathogenesis, and hair bulb IP restoration lies at the core of AA therapy. Here, we briefly review the essentials of hair bulb IP and recent progress in understanding its complexity. We discuss open questions and why the systematic dissection of hair bulb IP and its pharmacological manipulation (including the...
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