Relationship of hair growth induction with melanotic nevus

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26670772
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Plastic surgery
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Terashi Hiroto 神戸大学, 医学部附属病院, 教授 (80217421)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 母斑 / 毛包 / メラノサイト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Melanocytic nevus sometimes exist with bristle. Histologically, hair follicles are surrounded by nevus cells, which indicates the relationship of hair growth induction with melanotic nevus. We found the protein, Melanopsin and Gnaq, expression that was common between an outer root sheath and nevus. This indicates that photo signal has some effect (positive or negative) for hair growth. Cells in outer root sheath and nevus receive the same outer signal, however, it is unclear that those cells share the same signal or no.

Free Research Field

形成外科学