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Hair follicle structure

Known as: Hair Follicles, Folliculus pili, HAIR FOLLICLE 
A tube-like invagination of the EPIDERMIS from which the hair shaft develops and into which SEBACEOUS GLANDS open. The hair follicle is lined by a… 
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ATRICHIA WITH PAPULAR LESIONSPili annulatiPili multigeminiTelogen hair follicle
Acanthoma, Pilar SheathArachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase, 12R-TypeBenign Germinative Follicular Epithelium NeoplasmBenign Hair Follicle Neoplasm

Broader (3)

EpidermisFolliclePilosebaceous unit

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Review
1998
Review
1998
The control of hair growth.
The hair follicle is one of a few human tissues containing stem cells. The stem cells are interspersed within the basal layer of… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Primary Cutaneous Immunocytoma A B‐Cell Lymphoma that can Easily Be Mistaken for Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperlasia
It has been estimated that immunocytomas comprise roughly 2% of all cutaneous lymphomas. We studied five patients with primary… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cell differentiation in human anagen hair and hair follicles studied with anti-hair keratin monoclonal antibodies.
By a hybridoma technique using BALB/c mice and Sp2/0-Ag14 mouse myeloma cells, monoclonal antibodies against hair fibrous… 
1981
1981
Interaction of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, melatonin, cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP in the control of melanogenesis in hair follicle melanocytes in vitro.
In short-term (48 h) cultures of hair follicles alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) and cyclic AMP stimulated… 
1980
1980
The use of specific thromboxane inhibitors to preserve the dermal microcirculation after burning.
Selective thromboxane inhibitors were evaluated as a pharmacological agent in the prevention of progressive dermal ischemia after… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Formation of the -( -glutamyl) lysine cross-link in hair proteins. Investigation of transamidases in hair follicles.
1972
1972
Adsorption and elution of cadmium on hair.
Adsorption and elution of cadmium on human and mouse hair were studied by the use of radioactive isotope technique. Hair with Cd… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
Proliferative Cycle in the Growing Hair Follicle of the Mouse
THE intermitotic phase has been divided into three segments: the phase of synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (S phase… 
1959
1959
Presence of Griseofulvin in Hair of Guinea Pigs after Oral Administration
GENTLES1 has found that oral administration of griseofulvin to guinea pigs previously infected with either Microsporum canis or… 
1956
1956
Keratinization of the duct of the sebaceous gland and growth cycle of the hair follicle in the histogenesis of acne in human skin.
The earliest anatomical changes of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands in the histogenesis of a lesion of acne are…