Autophagy is essential for maintaining the growth of a human (mini-)organ: Evidence from scalp hair follicle organ culture

• Chiara Parodi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Parodi, Jonathan A. Hardman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

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• Jonathan A. Hardman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Parodi, Jonathan A. Hardman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Centre for Dermatology Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, and National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Center, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Giulia Allavena,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

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• Roberto Marotta,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

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• Tiziano Catelani,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

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• Marta Bertolini,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations Monasterium Laboratory, Münster, Germany, Department of Dermatology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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• Ralf Paus ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ralf.paus@manchester.ac.uk (RP); benedetto.grimaldi@iit.it (BG)

  Affiliations The Centre for Dermatology Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, and National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Center, Manchester, United Kingdom, Monasterium Laboratory, Münster, Germany, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

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• Benedetto Grimaldi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ralf.paus@manchester.ac.uk (RP); benedetto.grimaldi@iit.it (BG)

  Affiliation Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2589-9302

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