Deciphering the functions of the hair follicle infundibulum in skin physiology and disease

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 358, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 697-704

  Schneider, Marlon R ^a   Paus, Ralf ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hair follicle; Infundibulum; Skin

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; KERATIN 79; PROLINE RICH PROTEIN; SMALL PROLINE RICH PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE VULGARIS; ALOPECIA AREATA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHLORACNE; COMEDO; DANDRUFF; DARIER DISEASE; FOLLICULITIS; FOX FORDYCE DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR FOLLICLE INFUNDIBULUM; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; KERATINIZATION; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; NONHUMAN; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FLORA; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HOMEOSTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84912525904     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-014-1999-1     Document Type: Review

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