Human epithelial hair follicle stem cells and their progeny: Current state of knowledge, the widening gap in translational research and future challenges

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 513-525

  Purba, Talveen S ^a   Haslam, Iain S ^a   Poblet, Enrique ^b   Jiménez, Francisco ^c   Gandarillas, Alberto ^d,e   Izeta, Ander ^f   Paus, Ralf ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c Mediteknia Dermatology Clinic Las Palmas   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulge; CD200; CD34; Human hair follicle stem cells; K15; K19; PHLDA1

Indexed keywords

CD200 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKERATIN 15; CYTOKERATIN 19; DNA; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HLA A ANTIGEN; MOLECULAR MARKER; PLECKSTRIN HOMOLOGY LIKE DOMAIN FAMILY A MEMBER 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOREDUPLICATION; EPITHELIAL HAIR FOLLICLE STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROGENY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL RESEARCH; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84897964580     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300166     Document Type: Article

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