Hair Follicle
"Hair Follicle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A tube-like invagination of the EPIDERMIS from which the hair shaft develops and into which SEBACEOUS GLANDS open. The hair follicle is lined by a cellular inner and outer root sheath of epidermal origin and is invested with a fibrous sheath derived from the dermis. (Stedman, 26th ed) Follicles of very long hairs extend into the subcutaneous layer of tissue under the SKIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D018859
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.272.497.500 A17.360.710 A17.815.250.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Hair Follicle- Hair Follicle
- Follicle, Hair
- Follicles, Hair
- Hair Follicles
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hair Follicle" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Kern M, Gardner JM. Mucocutaneous Manifestations of Scurvy. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 14; 382(20):e56.
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Hughes MW, Jiang TX, Plikus MV, Guerrero-Juarez CF, Lin CH, Schafer C, Maxson R, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. Msx2 Supports Epidermal Competency?during Wound-Induced Hair?Follicle Neogenesis. J Invest Dermatol. 2018 09; 138(9):2041-2050.