Harunosuke Kato, Kahori Kinoshita, Natsumi Saito, Koji Kanayama, Masanori Mori, Natsumi Asahi, Ataru Sunaga, Katsutoshi Yoshizato, Satoshi Itami, Kotaro Yoshimura
Alopecia has several causes, but its relationship with ischemia/hypoxia has not yet been investigated in detail. In this study, we studied the changes of hair follicles induced by ischemia and potential effects of normobaric hyperoxygenation (NBO) on the hair cycle and growth. We found that skin ischemia reduced hair growth rate, hair shaft size, and its pigmentation in the anagen phase of mice, which may reflect an aspect of pathophysiology of hair loss (alopecia) and depigmentation (gray/white hairs). Hyperoxygenation increased hair growth rate in organ culture of both human and murine hair follicles...
July 2, 2020: Organogenesis