%0 Journal Article %T The Contributory Roles of Th17 Lymphocyte and Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte at the Hair Bulge Region as Well as the Hair Bulb Area in the Chronic Alopecia Areata Patients %A Chae-Young Lee %A Jin-Woo Hong %A Ki-Ho Kim %A Ki-Hoon Song %A Seung-Hwan Choi %A Seung-Min Ha %A Tae-Hoon Kim %J Archive of "Annals of Dermatology". %D 2017 %R 10.5021/ad.2017.29.2.156 %X Alopecia areata (AA) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease that targets hair follicles and interrupts hair regrowth. The microenvironment of the effector T cells and their related cytokines may affect immunopathogenesis around the hair bulb/bulge %K Chronic alopecia areata %K Cytotoxic T lymphocyte %K Th17 cells %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383740/