Stem cell factor/c-Kit signalling in normal and androgenetic alopecia hair follicles

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-23

  Randall, Valerie A ^a   Jenner, Tracey J ^a   Hibberts, Nigel A ^a   De Oliveira, Isabel O ^a   Vafaee, Tayyebeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MELANOCYTE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANDROGENS; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 42449110807     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0522     Document Type: Article

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