pigmentation
• following TAM treatment immediately after wounding at 8 weeks of age, mice show a significantly reduced number of epidermal melanocytes in the wound area both at day 0 and day 8 after re- epithelialization relative to control mice
• however, no signs of apoptosis are observed, suggesting normal survival of epidermal melanocytes after wounding
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• following initial TAM treatment during 2nd anagen, the number of Dct-LacZ+ melanocyte stem cells (McSCs) in unpigmented hair follicles is significantly lower than that in control mice by the 2nd telogen; most unpigmented hair follicles completely lack McSCs by the 3rd and 4th telogen
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integument
• following TAM treatment immediately after wounding at 8 weeks of age, mice show a significantly reduced number of epidermal melanocytes in the wound area both at day 0 and day 8 after re- epithelialization relative to control mice
• however, no signs of apoptosis are observed, suggesting normal survival of epidermal melanocytes after wounding
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