• Biology, Medicine
• Published in
  The Journal of investigative…
  1993
• DOI:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12468979

Cyclosporin A prolongs human hair growth in vitro.

@article{Taylor1993CyclosporinAP,
  title={Cyclosporin A prolongs human hair growth in vitro.},
  author={Marian Taylor and Alexander Thomas Ashcroft and Andrew G. Messenger},
  journal={The Journal of investigative dermatology},
  year={1993},
  volume={100 3},
  pages={
          237-9
        }
}

• Marian Taylor, Alexander Thomas Ashcroft, Andrew G. Messenger

We studied the effect of cyclosporin A on human hair growth using a recently described model in which isolated hair follicles are grown in vitro. Cyclosporin A had no effect on the rate of hair growth, but at 10(-7) M, a dose within the therapeutic blood range, it maintained hair growth for longer than control to give a 42% greater mean follicle elongation after 15 d (p < 0.05). Eighteen of 42 cyclosporin-treated follicles (43%) were still growing after 15 d compared with one of 42 control… CONTINUE READING

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