Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Leo Zeef
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3859 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Harries Matthew J MJ Meyer Katja K Chaudhry Iskander I E Kloepper Jennifer J Poblet Enrique E Griffiths Christopher Em CE Paus Ralf R
The Journal of pathology 20131001 2
Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown pathogenesis that leads to permanent hair loss. Whilst destruction of epithelial hair follicle stem cells (eHFSCs) that reside in an immunologically protected niche of the HF epithelium, the bulge, is a likely key event in LPP pathogenesis, this remains to be demonstrated. We have tested the hypotheses that bulge immune privilege (IP) collapse and inflammation-induced eHFSC death are key components in the pathogenesis of LPP. ...[more]