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Hair shaft structure

Known as: Shaft of the Hair, Hair Shaft, hairs shaft 
The segment of the hair that projects above the skin surface.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A hot new twist to hair biology: involvement of vanilloid receptor-1 (VR1/TRPV1) signaling in human hair growth control.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Molecular control of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions during hair follicle cycling.
Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions play pivotal roles in the morphogenesis of many organs and various types of appendages… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Comparison of spironolactone, flutamide, and finasteride efficacy in the treatment of hirsutism: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial.
To compare objectively the efficacies of spironolactone (100 mg/day), flutamide (250 mg/day), and finasteride (5 mg/day) in the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Myosin V associates with melanosomes in mouse melanocytes: evidence that myosin V is an organelle motor.
Mice with mutations at the dilute locus exhibit a 'washed out' or 'diluted' coat color. The pigments that are responsible for the… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Keratinocyte growth factor is required for hair development but not for wound healing.
Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), also known as fibroblast growth factor 7 (FGF7), is synthesized by skin fibroblasts. However… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Extraction, PCR amplification and sequencing of mitochondrial DNA from human hair shafts.
Techniques have been developed for extracting, amplifying and directly sequencing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from human hair… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Disorders of hair growth : diagnosis and treatment
Embryology and anatomy of the hair follicle Differentiation of the hair shaft Control of hair growth and pigmentation Clinical… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
DNA typing from single hairs
The characterization of genetic variation at the DNA level has generated significant advances in gene and disease mapping1, and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Patterns of expression of trichocytic and epithelial cytokeratins in mammalian tissues. I. Human and bovine hair follicles.
The cytokeratin family of intermediate filament (IF) proteins can be grouped into the epithelial polypeptides ("soft alpha… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Keratins of the human hair follicle: "hyperproliferative" keratins consistently expressed in outer root sheath cells in vivo and in vitro.
Keratins produced by morphologically distinct compartments of the human hair folicle (hHF) were analysed and compared to those… 
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