"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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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hair Follicle" by people in Profiles.
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Carrion EA, Moses MM, Behringer RR. FGF5. Differentiation. 2024 Sep-Oct; 139:100736.
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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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Jeong GH, Boisvert WA, Xi MZ, Zhang YL, Choi YB, Cho S, Lee S, Choi C, Lee BH. Effect of Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens Flower Extract on Proliferation and Molecular Regulation in Human Dermal Papilla Cells and Stressed C57BL/6 Mice. Chin J Integr Med. 2018 Aug; 24(8):591-599.
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Boisvert WA, Yu M, Choi Y, Jeong GH, Zhang YL, Cho S, Choi C, Lee S, Lee BH. Hair growth-promoting effect of Geranium sibiricum extract in human dermal papilla cells and C57BL/6 mice. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2017 Feb 13; 17(1):109.
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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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Duncan FJ, Silva KA, Johnson CJ, King BL, Szatkiewicz JP, Kamdar SP, Ong DE, Napoli JL, Wang J, King LE, Whiting DA, McElwee KJ, Sundberg JP, Everts HB. Endogenous retinoids in the pathogenesis of alopecia areata. J Invest Dermatol. 2013 Feb; 133(2):334-43.
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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.