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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
New York University Medical Center, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 9464 ; 424574 ; 514-2 ; 514 21 ;
Abstract
A method of modulating hair growth by contacting selected cells with a selected growth-modulating molecule is provided. A method for hair reconstitution or transplantation by expanding selected cells in vitro and combining them with other cells that regulate hair growth are also provided. Compositions containing a growth-modulating molecule which is synthesized by follicular cells and which undergoes hair-cycle-dependent concentration changes in hair follicles are also provided.