Plucked hair follicles from patients with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus show a disease-specific molecular signature

Plucked hair follicles from patients with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus show a disease-specific molecular signature

Objective When faced with clinical symptoms of scarring alopecia—the standard diagnostic pathway involves a scalp biopsy which is an invasive and expensive procedure. This project aimed to assess if plucked hair follicles (HFs) containing living epithelial cells can offer a non-invasive approach to...

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Main Authors: Miriam Wittmann, Edward M Vital, Mohammad Shalbaf, Adewonuola A Alase, Anna Berekmeri, Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof, Jelena Pistolic, Mark J Goodfield, Sara Edward, Natalia V Botchkareva, Martin Stacey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Lupus Science and Medicine
Online Access:https://lupus.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000328.full

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