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  • Title: [Advancements in melanocytes in hair follicle].
    Author: Zhang RZ, Zhu WY.
    Journal: Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao; 2007 Apr; 29(2):268-71. PubMed ID: 17536282.
    Abstract:
    Melanoblasts, the precursors to melanocytes, originate in the neural crest. Some melanoblasts can travel to the hair follicle and further differentiate into pigment melanin-producing melanocytes. Hair follicles contain a pool of undifferentiated melanocyte stem cells (MSCs), which are sources of differentiated melanocytes, and functional melanocytes exhist in the hair bulb. The volume, life, and activity of melanocytes in a hair follicle is closely related with the growth cycle of follicle. Appearance of gray hair gray results from incomplete MSCs maintenance.
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