Melatonin promotes the development of the secondary hair follicles by regulating circMPP5.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The quality and yield of cashmere fibre are closely related to the differentiation and development of secondary hair follicles in the skin of cashmere goats. The higher the density of secondary hair follicles, the higher the quality and yield of cashmere from the fleece. Development of secondary hair follicles commences in the embryonic stage of life and is completed 6 months after birth. Preliminary experimental results from our laboratory showed that melatonin (MT) treatment of goat kids after their birth could increase the density of secondary hair follicles and, thus, improve the subsequent yield and quality of cashmere. These changes in the secondary hair follicles resulted from increases in levels of antioxidant and expression of anti-apoptotic protein, and from a

SUBMITTER: Diao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080870 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature