Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;2007:5830-33. Effects of low level red-light irradiation on the proliferation of mesenchymal stem cells derived from rat bone marrow. Li WT, Leu YC. Source Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, 32023 Taiwan, ROC. wtli@be.cycu.edu.tw Abstract Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are capable of regenerating various mesenchymal tissues…

Effects of combined mesenchymal stem cells and heme oxygenase-1 therapy on cardiac performance. Zeng B, Chen H, Zhu C, Ren X, Lin G, Cao F. Source Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China. zengbin19982005@yahoo.com.cn Abstract OBJECTIVE: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the potential to repair…

Biochemistry (Mosc). 2004 Jan;69(1):81-90. Photobiological principles of therapeutic applications of laser radiation. Vladimirov YA, Osipov AN, Klebanov GI. Source Department of Biophysics, Russian State Medical University, Moscow, 117513, Russia. yuvlad@newmail.ru Abstract Laser therapy based on the stimulating and healing action of light of low-intensity lasers (LIL), along with laser surgery and photodynamic therapy, has been…

J Dermatol Sci. 2010 Jan;57(1):2-11. Review of hair follicle dermal cells. Yang CC, Cotsarelis G. Source Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Abstract Hair follicle stem cells in the epithelial bulge are responsible for the continual regeneration of the hair follicle during cycling. The bulge cells reside in…

J Clin Invest. 2011 Feb 1;121(2):613-22. doi: 10.1172/JCI44478. Epub 2011 Jan 4. Bald scalp in men with androgenetic alopecia retains hair follicle stem cells but lacks CD200-rich and CD34-positive hair follicle progenitor cells. Garza LA, Yang CC, Zhao T, Blatt HB, Lee M, He H, Stanton DC, Carrasco L, Spiegel JH, Tobias JW, Cotsarelis G.…

Exp Gerontol. 2008 Nov;43(11):986-97. Epub 2008 Sep 9. Human skin stem cells and the ageing process. Zouboulis CC, Adjaye J, Akamatsu H, Moe-Behrens G, Niemann C. Source Department of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany. christos.zouboulis@klinikum-dessau.de Abstract In healthy individuals, skin integrity is maintained by epidermal stem cells which self-renew and…

Exp Gerontol. 2008 Nov;43(11):986-97. Epub 2008 Sep 9. Human skin stem cells and the ageing process. Zouboulis CC, Adjaye J, Akamatsu H, Moe-Behrens G, Niemann C. Source Department of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany. christos.zouboulis@klinikum-dessau.de Abstract In healthy individuals, skin integrity is maintained by epidermal stem cells which self-renew and…

Cell. 2004 Mar 19;116(6):769-78. Socializing with the neighbors: stem cells and their niche. Fuchs E, Tumbar T, Guasch G. Source Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA. fuchslb@rockefeller.edu Abstract The potential of stem cells in regenerative medicine relies upon removing them from their natural habitat, propagating them in culture, and…

BMP signaling in dermal papilla cells is required for their hair follicle-inductive properties. Rendl M, Polak L, Fuchs E. Source Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA. Abstract Hair follicle (HF) formation is initiated when epithelial stem cells receive cues from specialized…

Genes Dev. 2008 Apr 15;22(8):976-85. More than one way to skin . . . Fuchs E, Horsley V. Source Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA. fuchslb@rockefeller.edu Abstract Epithelial stem cells in the skin are specified during development and are governed by…