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. 2021 Aug 9;11:16125. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95650-y

Figure 3.

Figure 3

NTAPP activates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway in dermal papilla during hair organ culture. (A) Scheme of NTAPP treatment of hair follicles. Isolated human hair follicles (hHFs) were treated with NTAPP (3.6, 4.2, and 5.0 kV) for 1 min on 8 consecutive days. (B) Immunofluorescent staining of β-catenin in hHFs. White arrows mark β-catenin staining in dermal papilla (DP). Dotted lines highlight the border between hair keratinocytes and DP cells. Scale bar = 50 μm. (C) Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of the selected genes. Results are expressed as mean ± S.D. from five independent experiments (at least 60 follicles in each experiment). p values were determined by one-way ANOVA. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 (vs. control).