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A glorious revolution in stem cell biology

Nature Genetics volume 40, pages 1269–1270 (2008)Cite this article

A newly described Lgr5-expressing cell population is poised to depose the reigning monarch of the follicular hierarchy, the label-retaining cell, to claim the title as stem cell of the hair follicle.

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Figure 1: Hair follicle shown in the anagen and telogen phases.

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  1. Bruce A. Morgan is at the Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA. bruce.morgan@cbrc2.mgh.harvard.edu,

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