title: Activity of glucose-6-phosphate 1-dehydrogenase in hair follicles with male-pattern alopecia.
abstract: Activity of glucose-6-phosphate 1-dehydrogenase (G6PDH) in human hair follicles was measured. A good relationship has been demonstrated between the activity and the ratio of the number of the anagen hairs to that of all the plucked hairs in the frontal-parietal region of the scalp with male-pattern alopecia. As the ratio becomes lower so that the advancing degree of alopecia is higher, the G6PDH activity becomes lower.
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Headquarters, Lion Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inouye
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000201:enzymology*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006197:Hair / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase