2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A study about the connection of the pattern of hair loss and the promoter environment of androgen receptor gene.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20890192
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Dermatology
Research Institution	Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Principal Investigator	KITAGAWA Tomoko Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 医学研究科, 助教 (20515267)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	男性型脱毛症 / アンドロゲンレセプター
Research Abstract	We collected the blood sample, a patient of pattern of hair loss and normal control. The number of the aim plan cases is 350 people. However, we do not yet reach the aim numbers, so we have been continued sample collection. And the plan does not yet reach analysis. We extract DNA from the blood sample which I collected. And we amplified the promoter domain of the androgen receptor by PCR method and extract a DNA fragment afterwards. There is little number of the cases, and the sample collection of dermal papilla cells does not advance.