A specialized mesenchymal cell that resides in the dermal papilla located at the bottom of hair follicles. This cell plays a pivotal roles in hair formation, growth, and cycling.

capable of

• cardiac muscle cell differentiation
• cell differentiation
• cell migration
• cell motility
• chondroblast differentiation
• epithelial cell differentiation
• fat cell differentiation
• neuron differentiation
• osteoblast differentiation
• somatic stem cell division
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stem cell division

develops from

• migratory neural crest cell

has part

• biomolecule

has plasma membrane part

• 5'-nucleotidase
• endoglin
• Thy-1 membrane glycoprotein

lacks plasma membrane part

• CD34 molecule
• MHC class II protein complex
• receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase C

part of

• connective tissue
• dermal papilla