CNIO Researchers Activate Hair Growth by Modifying Immune Cells (IMAGE)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

CNIO Researchers Activate Hair Growth by Modifying Immune Cells

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This is a skin whole mount section showing hair follicles (blue) surrounded by clusters of skin resident macrophages (red). The molecular communication between macrophages and hair follicle stem cells regulates the initiation of hair follicle growth.

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Donatello Castellana, CNIO

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