Mechanisms of hair follicle-specific fibroblast formation unraveled
Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 08:00
in Biology & Nature
Hair growth is regulated by a small cluster of hair-specific fibroblasts, the dermal papilla. But exactly how the dermal papilla forms has remained elusive until now. In a recent study, professor Marja Mikkola's research group at the University of Helsinki used confocal microscopy of live skin to show that the dermal condensate forms via cell migration.