Fig. 5

Expression of the HFSC quiescence markers in the hairpoor mouse. a, b Immunohistochemical staining of the bulge HFSC markers LHX2, NFATc1, SOX9, and TCF4, at 1st (a) and 2nd (b) telogen. Arrowhead indicates expression of each marker in the bulge (dark brown). All scale bar = 50 μm. c Relative expression level of HFSC markers (Lhx2, Nfatc1, Sox9, and Tcf4) in the stage of telogen total skin of the hairpoor and wild-type mouse determined by qRT-PCR analyses. mRNA expression level was normalized against that of Gapdh, and relative expression level was determined using one of the wild-type levels as reference. n = 4 per genotype. Data are mean ± SD