cellular
• exhibit an increase in the number of apoptotic cells in P6 follicles, however observe no differences in follicle density
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integument
• exhibit an increase in the number of apoptotic cells in P6 follicles, however observe no differences in follicle density
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short hair
(
J:100992
)
• hairs are unusually short, except for guard hairs
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sparse hair
(
J:100992
)
• hair shafts are malformed, with hair lacking straight segments or organized kinks and instead, curling and bending randomly
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• cuticle cells are poorly adherent to the shaft
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• medullated hair shafts are sparse
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• hairs are thin and display thickened knobby regions and thin spindly regions
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• dermal papillae remain small and round rather than becoming long and thin
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• the matrix progenitor cell population fails to expand, resulting in reduced numbers of matrix cells
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• hair bulbs are smaller, with P6 bulbs the size of P2 bulbs, and fail to grow down to the bottom of the subuctis
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• whiskers are bent erratically and are often pointed forward or outward
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• reduced maintenance or supply of matrix progenitor cells results in impaired maturation of and shorter anagen followed by precocious entry into catagen
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• follicles prematurely regress, with follicles entering catagen as early as P9 and reentering anagen by P12
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• exhibit fewer proliferating cells in the hair bulb at P2, resulting in a reduced number of dividing cells at P6
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