The bulge area is the origin of nestin-expressing pluripotent stem cells of the hair follicle

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2046-2050

  Uchugonova, Aisada ^a,b,c   Duong, Jennifer ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   König, Karsten ^c   Hoffman, Robert M ^a,b  

^a ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulge area; Dermal papilla; GFP; Hair follicle; Migration; Nestin; Skin; Stem cells; Two photon imaging; Vibrissa

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NESTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN; VIBRISSA; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; WOUND HEALING;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79960355637     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23122     Document Type: Article

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