title: Exogenous connective tissue growth factor preserves the hair-inductive ability of human dermal papilla cells.
abstract: Connective tissue growth factor influences human dermal papilla cells' hair inductive ability through several signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Medical School of Chinese People's Liberation Army, #28 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100853, China; Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, First Hospital Affiliated to General Hospital of PLA, #51 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100048, China.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ravuri
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kling
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D055513:Connective Tissue Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D055513:Connective Tissue Growth Factor
keywords: connective tissue growth factor; hair follicle reconstruction; human dermal papilla cells; signal pathway; tissue engineering