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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
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Essential roles of BMPR‐IA signaling in differentiation and growth of hair follicles and in skin tumorigenesis
Summary: Hair differentiation and growth are controlled by complex reciprocal signaling between epithelial and mesenchymal cells… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor stimulates hair growth of mouse vibrissae in organ culture.
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a multifunctional polypeptide that acts as a mitogen, motogen, or morphogen… 
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
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Correlated TEM, SEM, and histological observations of filiform papillae of the cow tongue.
The ultrastructural and histological characteristics of the filiform papillae of the cow tongue are described. These large… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Sensory nerve endings in rhesus monkey sinus hairs
The sensory innervation of primate sinus hairs has been studied by light and electron microscopy. For light microscopy paraffin… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Mechanoreceptors for near-field water displacements in crayfish.
1. Mechanosensory hairs on the surface of the crayfish telson are dually innervated, one sensory cell responding to headward, the… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
The morphology of spider sensilla. II. Chemoreceptors.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Hair loss and cyst formation in hairless and rhino mutant mice
Structural abnormalities begin in the integument of hairless (hrhr), hairless‐rhino (hrhrrh), and rhino (hrrhhrrh) male and… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Scanning electron microscopy of normal and abnormal hair shafts.
Normal hair and hair from patients with pili annulati, pili torti, trichorrhexis nodosa, and monilethrix have been examined using… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
A congenital hair defect: trichoschisis with alternating birefringence and low sulfur content.
Hair from a four year old white girl with a history of brittle hair since birth did not show any previously reported defect with… 
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