Isolation and culture of follicular papillae from murine vibrissae: an introductory approach.
The recent successes in culturing follicular papilla cells have afforded a rapid advance in our understanding of hair biology. Although the experimental manipulation of the papilla is briefly described in the original reports, a detailed description for workers starting in the field is not yet available. In this report we give a brief review of hair biology relevant to the papilla, and illustrate the method we have found successful for isolating and growing papilla cells.
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Skin Biology Research Center of Johnson and Johnson, R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Raritan, NJ 08869-0602.
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D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D014738:Vibrissae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development