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. 2003 Oct;121(4):669-73.
doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12490.x.

Protease-activated receptor-1 (thrombin receptor) is expressed in mesenchymal portions of human hair follicle

T Anan  1 , T Sonoda, Y Asada, S Kurata, S Takayasu
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Protease-activated receptor-1 (thrombin receptor) is expressed in mesenchymal portions of human hair follicle

T Anan et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2003 Oct.
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Abstract

Protease nexin-1, a serine protease inhibitor, is expressed specifically in the dermal papilla (DP) of anagen hair follicles and is suggested to be one of the modulators of the cyclic growth of hair follicles. Accumulating evidence has shown that protease nexin-1 plays its biologic role by inhibiting thrombin action in various systems other than the hair follicle. Thrombin has various physiologic functions including blood coagulation cascade, mostly via activation of protease-activated receptors (PAR). In this study, we investigated the expression of PAR mRNA using RT-PCR in dissected human hair follicles. We showed that PAR-1 mRNA was expressed specifically in the mesenchymal portions, including DP and connective tissue sheath, of anagen hair follicles. Furthermore, immunoreactivity for PAR-1 was detected in the DP and lower portion of connective tissue sheath in the anagen and catagen phases and in the DP of telogen hair follicles. Because only a pharmacologic level (100 nM) of thrombin significantly stimulated cell proliferation and DNA synthesis of the cultured dermal papilla cells, thrombin does not seem to have a mitogenic effect on dermal papilla cells physiologically. These results raise the possibility that thrombin is involved in the cyclic hair growth through its receptor of PAR-1.

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