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Comparative Study
. 1988;280(3):140-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF00456843.

Collagen-type synthesis in human-hair papilla cells in culture

K Katsuoka  1 , C Mauch, H Schell, O P Hornstein, T Krieg
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Comparative Study

Collagen-type synthesis in human-hair papilla cells in culture

K Katsuoka et al. Arch Dermatol Res. 1988.

Abstract

Hair-papilla derived cells were grown in monolayer culture and revealed the typical morphology and growth pattern which was similar but not identical to control fibroblasts. Hair-papilla cells were found to produce considerable amounts of collagen type I and type III and fibronectin. Type IV collagen production could not be detected. The ratio of collagen type III and type I clearly differed from the pattern observed in normal fibroblasts, being much higher in hair-papilla cells, where type III accounted for more than 20% of total collagen synthesis. These data show that hair-papilla derived cells have biosynthetic capacities similar to those of human skin fibroblasts as well as characteristic differences, indicating that they represent a specialized fibroblast subpopulation.

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