Narrow-band red LED light promotes mouse hair growth through paracrine growth factors from dermal papilla

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-248

  Fushimi, Tomohiro ^a,b   Inui, Shigeki ^a   Ogasawara, Masahiro ^c   Nakajima, Takeshi ^a   Hosokawa, Ko ^b   Itami, Satoshi ^a  

^a Department of Regenerative Dermatology ^*  (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Mignon Belle Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Growth factor; Hair growth; LED

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT;

HAIR FOLLICLE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 80055075999     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2011.09.004     Document Type: Letter

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