A pioneering study has unveiled the transformative role of air-liquid interface (ALI) culture in the morphogenesis of hair follicles within skin ...

The DHT in turn causes follicles to sprout shorter and finer hairs before eventually dying out. It also causes the growth phases of hair follicles to become shorter, and the rest phases to be longer.

Figure 1: Diagram of the anagen hair follicle, which is in the active growth phase. These results have set the stage for the study by Alexeev et al. Here the workers used a chimeric ...

The results were striking—SKOs under ALI conditions exhibited superior hair follicle growth, both in quantity and structural complexity. These follicles were not only larger and more mature but also ...