"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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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 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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Role of the ABCA4 Gene Expression in the Clearance of Toxic Vitamin A Derivatives in Human Hair Follicle Stem Cells and Keratinocytes. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 May 05; 24(9).
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Folliculocentric Herpes: A Clinicopathological Study of 28 Patients. Am J Dermatopathol. 2017 Feb; 39(2):89-94.
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Elevated circulation levels of an antiangiogenic SERPIN in patients with diabetic microvascular complications impair wound healing through suppression of Wnt signaling. J Invest Dermatol. 2014 Jun; 134(6):1725-1734.
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Follicular cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: an under-recognized neoplasm arising from hair appendage structures. Br J Dermatol. 2013 Aug; 169(2):384-8.
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Role for the epidermal growth factor receptor in chemotherapy-induced alopecia. PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e69368.
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Folliculotropic T-cell lymphocytosis as a distinct form of pilotropic T-cell dyscrasia. Am J Clin Pathol. 2011 Feb; 135(2):221-9.
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Protection against chemotherapy-induced alopecia. Pharm Res. 2006 Nov; 23(11):2505-14.
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Barx2 functions through distinct corepressor classes to regulate hair follicle remodeling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 08; 102(10):3708-13.
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Trichodysplasia spinulosa--a newly described folliculocentric viral infection in an immunocompromised host. J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc. 1999 Dec; 4(3):268-71.
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Sterile neutrophilic folliculitis with perifollicular vasculopathy: a distinctive cutaneous reaction pattern reflecting systemic disease. J Cutan Pathol. 1998 Apr; 25(4):215-21.