Multipotent Stem Cells of the Hair Follicle

Robert M. Hoffman, Ph.D. Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Diego President, AntiCancer, Inc. San Diego, CA, USA.

Introduction to Hair-Follicle-Associated
Pluripotent (HAP) Stem Cells.- Nestin-Based Reporter Transgenic Mouse Lines.- Discovery of HAP Stem Cells.- Peripheral-Nerve and Spinal-Cord Regeneration in
Mice Using Hair Follicle-Associated-Pluripotent (HAP) Stem Cells.- Construction
of Tissue Engineered Nerve Conduits Seeded with Neurons Derived from Hair Follicle
Neural Crest Stem Cells.- Nestin-Expressing
Hair Follicle-Associated Pluripotent (HAP) Stem Cells Promote Whisker Sensory-Nerve Growth in Long-Term
3D Gelfoam Histoculture.- Isolation and Culture of Neural Crest Stem
Cells from Human Hair Follicles.- Isolation of Mouse Hair Follicle Bulge Stem Cells
and their Functional Analysis in a Reconstitution
Assay.- Hair Follicle Regeneration by Transplantation
of a Bioengineered Hair Follicle Germ.- Hair Induction by Cultured Mesenchymal Cells Using Sphere Formation.- Stereological Quantification of Cell Cycle Kinetics and Mobilization of Epithelial Stem Cells during Wound Healing.- Culture of Dermal Papilla Cells from Ovine Wool Follicles: An In Vitro Model for Papilla Size Determination.- Isolation and Fluorescence Activated Cell-Sorting of
Mouse Keratinocytes Expressing β-Galactosidase.- Ectopic Hair Growth from Transplanted Whisker Follicles on the Spinal Cord
of Mice.- Long-Term Gelfoam® Histoculture of
Hair-Shaft-Producing Mouse Whisker Follicles.- From Hair to Heart: Hair Follicle-Associated-Pluripotent
(HAP) Stem Cells Differentiate to Beating Cardiac Muscle Cells.- Highly Efficient Neural Differentiation of CD34 Positive Hair Follicle-Associated Pluripotent (HAP) Stem Cells Induced by Retinoic Acid and Serum Free Medium.- Cryopreservation of Intact Hair Follicle Maintains Pluripotency
of Nestin-Expressing (HAP) Stem Cells.