Estrogen receptor α, but not estrogen receptor β, is involved in the regulation of the hair follicle cycling as well as the thickness of epidermis in male mice

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1053-1058

  Movérare, Sofia ^a   Lindberg, Marie K ^a   Faergemann, Jan ^a   Gustafsson, J A ^b   Ohlsson, Claes ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidermal thickness; Estrogen receptors; Hair follicle cycling; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0036450375     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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