Follicular stem cell was assumed as a hair matrix cell. But, recently it was suggested that follicular stem cells were in the bulge portion of outer root sheath of hair follicles, and its proofs were reported. We tried to culture outer root sheath ker...
Follicular stem cell was assumed as a hair matrix cell. But, recently it was suggested that follicular stem cells were in the bulge portion of outer root sheath of hair follicles, and its proofs were reported. We tried to culture outer root sheath keratinocytes in the bulge portion of human hair follicles, and it would be experimental base for many factors and drugs realated with hair growth and differentiation. The outer root sheath keratinocytes were isolated from plucked human hair follicles, and could be serially passaged for up to 2 times on used biologic feeder cell layer.