The influence of the hair-follicle cycle on skin allografts in the congenitally athymic "nude" mouse.
Telogen and anagen skin allografts of different ages were performed in congenitally athymic "nude" mouse recipients. After grafting, anagen skin allografts were more disturbed compared to telogen skin allografts. Consequently, when performing skin allografts attention should be paid to the hair-follicle cycle. In macroscopic and microscopic appearance allografts in the "nude" mouse were comparable to isografts as described in the literature for normal fur-bearing immune competent recipients.
D000818:Animals; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous