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Proteoglycan and hair regrowth
J Invest Dermatol.1991;96(2):191
Distribution of proteoglycans during the hair growth cycle in human skin.
Westgate GE, et al
The involvement of proteoglycans in hair growth has been recognized through the observation of increased hair growth in diseases such as the mucopolysaccharidoses and pre-tibial myxedema, which involve an increase in skin proteoglycan content. In an attempt to understand this, ...snip... These results provide further evidence that hair regrowth is associated with the presence of chondroitin proteoglycans in the follicle environment and that the cessation of growth is associated with their removal. Further studies are underway to characterize the relationship between hair growth and proteoglycans.