Blood Supply--Susceptible Formation of Melanin Pigment in Hair Bulb Melanocytes of Mice

Background: Allogeneic skin grafts onto C57BL/6 mice are rejected, and the rejected skin is replaced by surrounding skin with black hair. In contrast, syngeneic skin grafts are tolerated, and gray hair grows on the grafts. Methods: To explore the mechanism of gray hair growing on the tolerated skin...

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Main Authors: Shogo Maeda, MD, Koichi Ueda, MD, PhD, Hidenori Yamana, MD, Junko Tashiro-Yamaji, PhD, Minenori Ibata, MD, PhD, Ayako Mikura, MD, PhD, Masashi Okada, MD, PhD, Emi Yasuda, MD, PhD, Yuro Shibayama, MD, PhD, Miya Yoshino, DDS, PhD, Takahiro Kubota, MD, PhD, Ryotaro Yoshida, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2015-03-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2015/03000/Article.13.aspx