Fibrotic trochanters: A potential mechanism for stem cell depletion in scarring alopecias

J Cutan Pathol. 2021 Mar;48(3):458-460. doi: 10.1111/cup.13855. Epub 2020 Oct 14.

Authors

Fritzlaine C Roche^{1

2}, Andrew S Fischer², Kevin J Gaddis³, Tzvete Dentchev², Susan C Taylor², George Cotsarelis², John T Seykora²

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 32844450
DOI: 10.1111/cup.13855

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Alopecia / pathology*
Cicatrix / diagnosis
Cicatrix / pathology
Epithelial Cells / pathology*
Epithelial Cells / ultrastructure
Fibrosis / diagnosis
Fibrosis / pathology
Hair Follicle / pathology*
Hair Follicle / ultrastructure
Humans
Keratin-15 / metabolism*
Lichen Planus / immunology
Lichen Planus / pathology
Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / immunology
Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / pathology
Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods
Stem Cells / cytology
Stem Cells / immunology
Stem Cells / pathology*

Substances

KRT15 protein, human
Keratin-15

Supplementary concepts

Lichen planus follicularis

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