"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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2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2022 | 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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Hydra and the hair follicle - An unconventional comparative biology approach to exploring the human holobiont. Bioessays. 2022 05; 44(5):e2100233.
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Atrichia with papular lesions: a differential diagnosis of alopecia universalis not to be missed. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2021 Nov; 35(11):e801-e803.
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Exploring the human hair follicle microbiome. Br J Dermatol. 2021 05; 184(5):802-815.
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The Alopecia Areata Consensus of Experts (ACE) study part II: Results of an international expert opinion on diagnosis and laboratory evaluation for alopecia areata. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jun; 84(6):1594-1601.
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A large duplication in LIPH underlies autosomal recessive hypotrichosis simplex in four Middle Eastern families. Arch Dermatol Res. 2009 Jun; 301(5):391-3.
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Hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp is associated with nonsense mutations in CDSN encoding corneodesmosin. Nat Genet. 2003 Jun; 34(2):151-3.