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Development of an in vitro technique to investigate growth and metabolism of mohair follicles of the angora goat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

M Ibraheem ,
H Galbralth ,
J R Scaife  and
S Ewen
M Ibraheem
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen
H Galbralth
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen
J R Scaife
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen
S Ewen
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Aberdeen
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Hair follicles have been described as dynamic structures in which cell proliferation, migration and synthesis of macromolecules occur. Detailed knowledge is still lacking in areas related to cell proliferation, growth and migration and it has been suggested that our limited understanding of mechanisms regulating hair growth has been partly caused by the lack of reliable in vitro models. In the work desribed here, we have adapted a recent technique developed for the isolation and maintenance of human hair follicles in vitro (Philpott et al. 1990), to the isolation of intact anagen follicles from the Angora goat and report on their growth over 4 days and aspects of metabolic activity over 5 days in culture.

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Ruminant Metabolism
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1993: Winter meeting , March 1993 , pp. 191
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1993

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