Chapter title |
Nestin-Expressing Hair-Follicle-Associated Pluripotent (HAP) Stem Cells Promote Whisker Sensory-Nerve Growth in Long-Term 3D-Gelfoam® Histoculture.
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Chapter number | 6 |
Book title |
Multipotent Stem Cells of the Hair Follicle
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-3786-8_6 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-3784-4, 978-1-4939-3786-8
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Authors |
Sumiyuki Mii, Jennifer Duong, Yasunori Tome, Aisada Uchugonova, Fang Liu, Yasuyuki Amoh, Norimitsu Saito, Kensei Katsuoka, Robert M. Hoffman |
Editors |
Robert M Hoffman |
Abstract |
Mouse whiskers containing hair-follicle-associated pluripotent (HAP) stem cells, from nestin-driven green fluorescent protein (ND-GFP) transgenic mice, were placed in 3D histoculture supported by Gelfoam(®). β-III tubulin-positive fibers, consisting of ND-GFP-expressing HAP stem cells, extended up to 500 mm from the whisker nerve stump in histoculture. The growing fibers had growth cones on their tips expressing F-actin indicating they were growing axons. The growing whisker sensory nerve was highly enriched in ND-GFP HAP stem cells which appeared to play a major role in its elongation and interaction with other nerves placed in 3D culture, including the sciatic nerve, the trigeminal nerve, and the trigeminal nerve ganglion. The results suggested that a major function of HAP stem cells in the hair follicle is for growth of the hair follicle sensory nerve. |
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