@inproceedings{6153e49dd3fa4bbbb0d843fe25d8d1af,
title = "Thymosin beta 4 induces hair growth via stem cell migration and differentiation",
abstract = "Thymosin beta 4 is a small 43-amino-acid molecule that has multiple biological activities, including promotion of cell migration angiogenesis, cell survival, protease production, and wound healing. We have found that thymosin beta 4 promotes hair growth in various rat and mice models including a transgenic thymosin beta 4 overexpressing mouse. We have also determined the mechanism by which thymosin beta 4 acts to promote hair growth by examining its effects on follicle stem cell growth, migration, differentiation, and protease production.",
keywords = "Angiogenesis, Cell migration, Cell survival, Endothelial cells, Gene expression, Hair follicle growth, Inflammation, Keratinocytes, Laminin-5, MMPs, Proteases, Stem cells, TIMPs, Thymosin beta 4, Wound healing, Zyxin",
author = "Deborah Philp and Sharleen St-Surin and Cha, {Hee Jae} and Moon, {Hye Sung} and Kleinman, {Hynda K.} and Michael Elkin",
year = "2007",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1196/annals.1415.009",
language = "English",
isbn = "1573317012",
series = "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences",
publisher = "Blackwell Publishing Inc.",
pages = "95--103",
booktitle = "Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences",
}