Human hair follicles display a functional equivalent of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and synthesize cortisol

FASEB Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1332-1334

  Ito, Natsuho ^a   Ito, Taisuke ^a   Kromminga, Arno ^c   Bettermann, Albrecht ^b   Takigawa, Masahiro ^a   Kees, Frieder ^e   Straub, Rainer H ^d   Paus, Ralf ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c IPM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANOCORTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGED; ALPHA-MSH; BASE SEQUENCE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 23444462244     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.04-1968fje     Document Type: Article

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