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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Brice Keyes
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-52328 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Keyes Brice E BE Segal Jeremy P JP Heller Evan E Lien Wen-Hui WH Chang Chiung-Ying CY Guo Xingyi X Oristian Dan S DS Zheng Deyou D Fuchs Elaine E
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20131126 51
Hair production is fueled by stem cells (SCs), which transition between cyclical bouts of rest and activity. Here, we explore why hair growth wanes with age. We show that aged hair follicle SCs (HFSCs) in mice exhibit enhanced resting and abbreviated growth phases and are delayed in response to tissue-regenerating cues. Aged HFSCs are poor at initiating proliferation and show diminished self-renewing capacity upon extensive use. Only modestly restored by parabiosis, these features are rooted in ...[more]