Kenji Kizawa

Hair follicle stem cells in the lower bulge form the secondary germ, a biochemically distinct but functionally equivalent progenitor cell population, at the termination of catagen

Mayumi Ito, George Cotsarelis, Kenji Kizawa et al. · Differentiation · 2004 · 242 citations

Biology, Secondary Germ, Cell Lineage +9

Expression of Calcium-Binding S100 Proteins A4 and A6 in Regions of the Epithelial Sac Associated with the Onset of Hair Follicle Regeneration

Mayumi Ito, Kenji Kizawa · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2001 · 86 citations

Skin Development, Developmental Biology, Molecular Physiology +10

Specific Citrullination Causes Assembly of a Globular S100A3 Homotetramer

Kenji Kizawa, Hidenari Takahara, Heinz Troxler et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2007 · 67 citations · Full text

Label-retaining Cells in the Bulge Region are Directed to Cell Death after Plucking, Followed by Healing from the Surviving Hair Germ

Mayumi Ito, Kenji Kizawa, Masahiko Toyoda et al. · Journal of Investigative Dermatology · 2002 · 67 citations · Full text

Cell Lineage, Developmental Biology, Surviving Hair Germ +8

Highly-expressed S100A3, a calcium-binding protein, in human hair cuticle

Kenji Kizawa, Hideyo Uchiwa, Umeji Murakami · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research · 1996 · 46 citations

Human Hair Cuticle, Protein Function, Natural Sciences +4