"Hair Follicle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis. (Stedman, 26th ed) Follicles of very long hairs extend into the subcutaneous layer of tissue under the SKIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D018859
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.272.497.500 A17.360.710 A17.815.250.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Hair Follicle- Hair Follicle
- Follicle, Hair
- Follicles, Hair
- Hair Follicles
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hair Follicle" by people in Profiles.
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Jin GR, Zhang YL, Yap J, Boisvert WA, Lee BH. Hair growth potential of Salvia plebeia extract and its associated mechanisms. Pharm Biol. 2020 Dec; 58(1):400-409.
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Park GH, Park KY, Cho HI, Lee SM, Han JS, Won CH, Chang SE, Lee MW, Choi JH, Moon KC, Shin H, Kang YJ, Lee DH. Red ginseng extract promotes the hair growth in cultured human hair follicles. J Med Food. 2015 Mar; 18(3):354-62.
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Liu N, Li H, Liu K, Yu J, Cheng M, De W, Liu J, Shi S, He Y, Zhao J. Differential expression of genes and proteins associated with wool follicle cycling. Mol Biol Rep. 2014 Aug; 41(8):5343-9.
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Lee WJ, Park OJ, Won CH, Chang SE, Lee MW, Choi JH, Moon KC. Nevus lipomatosus superficialis with dilated hair follicles: an epithelial component in hamartomatous nevoid skin anomalies. Am J Dermatopathol. 2012 Oct; 34(7):784-7.
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Kim JE, Won CH, Chang S, Lee MW, Choi JH, Moon KC. Majocchi?s granuloma mimicking Kaposi sarcoma in a heart transplant patient. J Dermatol. 2011 Sep; 38(9):927-9.