1993 Kobayashi, Rochat, Barrandon

 
Segregation of keratinocyte colony-forming cells in the bulge of the rat vibrissa.
 
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1993;90:7391-5.
 

Message

 
Studies of the ability of keratinocytes to form colonies confirm the idea that "the bulge" is the reservoir of stem cells in murine follicles.
 

Critique

 
Mice have no bulges, only an equivalent of an isthmus.
 
Even if stem cells of murine follicles are located in "the bulge," that is not necessarily true for human follicles.