Identifying novel strategies for treating human hair loss disorders: Cyclosporine A suppresses the Wnt inhibitor, SFRP1, in the dermal papilla of human scalp hair follicles.

Hair growth disorders often carry a major psychological burden. Therefore, more effective human hair growth-modulatory agents urgently need to be developed. Here, we used the hypertrichosis-inducing immunosuppressant, Cyclosporine A (CsA), as a lead compound to identify new hair growth-promoting mol...

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Main Authors: Nathan J Hawkshaw, Jonathan A Hardman, Iain S Haslam, Asim Shahmalak, Amos Gilhar, Xinhong Lim, Ralf Paus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-05-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003705