Multipotent nestin-expressing stem cells capable of forming neurons are located in the upper, middle and lower part of the vibrissa hair follicle

Cell Cycle

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3513-3517

  Amoh, Yasuyuki ^a   Mii, Sumiyuki ^a,b,c   Aki, Ryoichi ^a   Hamada, Yuko ^a   Kawahara, Katsumasa ^a   Hoffman, Robert M ^b,c   Katsuoka, Kensei ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulge area; Differentiation; Green fluorescent protein; Hair follicle; Nestin; Neuron; Outer root sheath; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; CYTOKERATIN 15; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHYLCELLULOSE; NESTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLIA; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VIBRISSA;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84866773016     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.21803     Document Type: Article

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