A guide to hair follicle analysis by transmission electron microscopy: technique and practice

• Published in: Experimental dermatology Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 577 - 582
• Main Author: Morioka, Kiyokazu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2009; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Biological and medical sciences; Cell Adhesion; Cell Death; Cell Movement; Dermatology; development; electron microscopy; hair follicle; Hair Follicle - cytology; Hair Follicle - ultrastructure; keratinization; Keratins - ultrastructure; Medical sciences; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission - methods; programmed cell death; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; hair follicle -keratinization; development; Guide; Dermatology; Keratinization; Hair follicle; Electron microscopy; Anatomic pathology; Transmission electron microscopy; Cell death; Technique; programmed cell death; Apoptosis

:  Hair follicles contain several tissues and cell types that differentiate down distinct pathways to provide for growth, keratinization and the maintenance of the hair shaft. Electron microscopy is useful for examining the morphological characteristics of developing hair follicles, including specia...