Hair follicle: A novel source of multipotent stem cells for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-278

  Mistriotis, Panagiotis ^a   Andreadis, Stelios T ^a,b,c  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b University at Buffalo SUNY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKERS; CELL POPULATIONS; CELL THERAPY; GENE DELIVERY; HAIR FOLLICLES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

STEM CELLS;

ADULT STEM CELL; APOCRINE GLAND; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BONE; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL THERAPY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICRODISSECTION; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN FIBROBLAST; STEM CELL NICHE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84879407550     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: 19373376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2012.0422     Document Type: Review

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