Morphogenetic Mechanisms in the Cyclic Regeneration of Hair Follicles and Deer Antlers from Stem Cells

Figure 12

Xenotransplantation of AP. (a) and (b) Reproduced with permission from [26, Figures 2B and 2F, resp.]. AP was transplanted with a piece of deer scalp skin (sutured together) onto the head of a nude mouse (arrow, (a)), and, subsequently, the scalp skin was transformed into antler velvet (arrow, (b)). (c) and (d) AP was subcutaneously transplanted onto the head of a normal laboratory mouse (arrow, (c)), and, subsequently, the developing AP tissue turned the overlying mouse skin into an essentially bold one (arrow, (d)).