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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2013 Oct 6;502(7472):513–518. doi: 10.1038/nature12602

Figure 4. Functional reconstitution of the stem cell niche from non-hair epithelial populations.

Figure 4

a) Scheme of in vivo lineage tracing of non-hair epithelial populations following bulge laser ablation. b) Example of bulge-ablated hair follicle showing the influx of labeled non-hair epithelial cell populations into the niche and their contribution to hair growth. c) Scheme of label retention experiment following bulge ablation. d) Quantification of label retention in control and bulge-ablated hair follicles (n = 15 and 12 follicles; error bars represent S.E.M.). e) Example of label retention in the niche following bulge ablation and recovery. Scale bars: 50μm.