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Isolation and culture of follicular papillae from murine vibrissae: an introductory approach
Author(s) -
WILLIAMS D.,
PROFETA K.,
STENN K.S.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1994.tb02923.x
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , follicular phase , biology , pathology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
Summary The recent successes in culturing follicular papilla cells have afforded a rapid advance in our understanding of hair biology. Although the experimental manipulation of the papilla is briefly described in the original reports, a detailed description for workers starting in the field is not yet available. In this report we give a brief review of hair biology relevant to the papilla, and illustrate the method we have found successful for isolating and growing papilla cells.