Role for the epidermal growth factor receptor in chemotherapy-induced alopecia.

Role for the epidermal growth factor receptor in chemotherapy-induced alopecia.

Treatment of cancer patients with chemotherapeutics like cyclophosphamide often causes alopecia as a result of premature and aberrant catagen. Because the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signals anagen hair follicles to enter catagen, we hypothesized that EGFR signaling may be involved in cy...

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Main Authors: Kyle J Bichsel, Navdeep Gogia, Timothy Malouff, Zachary Pena, Eric Forney, Brianna Hammiller, Patrice Watson, Laura A Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3716704?pdf=render

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