Hair Follicle
"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 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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Coulson-Thomas VJ, Gesteira TF, Esko J, Kao W. Heparan sulfate regulates hair follicle and sebaceous gland morphogenesis and homeostasis. J Biol Chem. 2014 Sep 05; 289(36):25211-26.
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Mauro TM, McCormick JA, Wang J, Boini KM, Ray L, Monks B, Birnbaum MJ, Lang F, Pearce D. Akt2 and SGK3 are both determinants of postnatal hair follicle development. FASEB J. 2009 Sep; 23(9):3193-202.
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Chanda S, Sansgiry SS. Hair follicle testing another option for controlling drug use in sports. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2005 Jan-Feb; 45(1):6; author reply 6.
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Parsa R, Yang A, McKeon F, Green H. Association of p63 with proliferative potential in normal and neoplastic human keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 1999 Dec; 113(6):1099-105.