Table 1.

Common Stem Cell Markers and Their Location Within Hair Follicle

Species	Marker	Location	Reference
Mice	CD34	Bulge	52
	TCF3	Bulge	53, 160
	NFATC1	Bulge	58
	NES	Bulge	24
	Label retaining cells	Bulge	12
	KRT15	Bulge, hair germ	15
	LGR5	Bulge, hair germ	16
	LHX2	Bulge, hair germ, early hair progenitors	56
	SOX9	Bulge, early hair progenitors	54
	MTS24	Upper bulge	32
	ITGA6LowCD34–Sca-1–	Upper bulge	33
	LRIG1	Upper bulge	61
	LGR6	Upper bulge	35
	BLIMP1	Upper bulge	36
	SOX2	Dermal papilla, dermal sheath	38, 67
	VCAN	Dermal papilla	63
	ALPL	Dermal papilla, hair germ	65
	NEXIN1	Dermal papilla	64
	CD133	Dermal papilla	66
Human	Mesenchymal stem cell markers	Dermal sheath	4
	KRT15	Bulge/isthmus	69–71
	CD200	Bulge/isthmus	69–71
	KRT19	Bulge/isthmus	69–71