Cited by 250Hair Growth and DisordersTissue Engineering and Regenerative MedicineSkin and Cellular Biology Research

Fully functional hair follicle regeneration through the rearrangement of stem cells and their niches

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Toyoshima, Koh-ei, Asakawa, Kyosuke, Ishibashi, Naoko, Toki, Hiroshi, Ogawa, Miho, Hasegawa, Tomoko, Irié, Tarou, Tachikawa, Tetsuhiko +3 more·2012·Nature Communications

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Organ replacement regenerative therapy is purported to enable the replacement of organs damaged by disease, injury or aging in the foreseeable future. Here we demonstrate fully functional hair organ regeneration via the intracutaneous transplantation of a bioengineered pelage and vibrissa follicle germ. The pelage and vibrissae are reconstituted with embryonic skin-derived cells and adult vibrissa stem cell region-derived cells, respectively. The bioengineered hair follicle develops the correct structures and forms proper connections with surrounding host tissues such as the epidermis, arrector pili muscle and nerve fibres. The bioengineered follicles also show restored hair cycles and piloerection through the rearrangement of follicular stem cells and their niches. This study thus reveals the potential applications of adult tissue-derived follicular stem cells as a bioengineered organ replacement therapy. Bioengineered hair follicles can be produced from embryonic follicle germ cells, but whether these follicles can interact with the surrounding tissue and function normally is unknown. Here, bioengineered hair follicles transplanted into mouse dermis make connections with the surrounding tissue and show normal hair cycles.

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Toyoshima, K.-E., Asakawa, K., Ishibashi, N., Toki, H., Ogawa, M., Hasegawa, T., Irié, T., Tachikawa, T., Sato, A., Takeda, A., & Tsuji, T.
Affiliations
  • Tokyo University of Science (JP)
  • Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science (JP)
  • Organ Technologies (Japan) (JP)
  • SHOWA Medical University (JP)
Corresponding author
Tsuji, Takashi
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2012-04-17
Volume
3
Issue
1
Pages
784-784
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2164589411
Cited by
250
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 7
FWCI
20.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22249064)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Urology › Hair Growth and Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Skin and Cellular Biology Research
Keywords
hair follicle regeneration, stem cell niche, organ replacement therapy, hair cycle, piloerection, arrector pili muscle, nerve innervation, tissue engineering
MeSH terms
Adult, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Humans, Male, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Middle Aged, Vibrissae, Hair Follicle, Cell Proliferation, Mice, Adult Stem Cells, Bioengineering

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