TY - JOUR T1 - [Advancements in melanocytes in hair follicle]. AU - Zhang,Ru-Zhi, AU - Zhu,Wen-Yuan, PY - 2007/6/1/pubmed PY - 2010/5/12/medline PY - 2007/6/1/entrez SP - 268 EP - 71 JF - Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae JO - Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao VL - 29 IS - 2 N2 - 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. SN - 1000-503X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/17536282/[Advancements_in_melanocytes_in_hair_follicle]_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -