Isolation and culture of amelanotic melanocytes from human hair follicles

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 668-673

  Zhu, Wen Yuan ^a   Zhang, Ru Zhi ^a   Ma, Hui Jun ^a   Wang, Da Guang ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amelanotic melanocyte; Outer root sheath; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; CHOLERA TOXIN; PHORBOL 12 ACETATE 13 MYRISTATE; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOCYTE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; OUTER ROOT SHEATH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELLS, CULTURED; GENTAMICINS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

BOVINAE; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 9244235973     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2004.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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