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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5710
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Hair graying is the most obvious sign of aging in humans, yet its mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we used melanocyte-tagged transgenic mice and aging human hair follicles to demonstrate that hair graying is caused by defective self-maintenance of melanocyte stem cells. This process is accelerated dramatically with Bcl2 deficiency, which causes selective apoptosis of melanocyte stem cells, but not of differentiated melanocytes, within the niche at their entry into the dormant state. Furthermore, physiologic aging of melanocyte stem cells was associated with ectopic pigmentation or differentiation within the niche, a process accelerated by mutation of the melanocyte master transcriptional regulator Mitf.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
307
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
720-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Cell Shape, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Hair Color, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Hair Follicle, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Melanins, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Melanocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15618488-Vibrissae
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanisms of hair graying: incomplete melanocyte stem cell maintenance in the niche.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Melanoma Program in Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. emi_k_nishimura@yahoo.co.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't