Dermal papillae are more prominent in thick skin than thin skin. Dermal papillae increase the surface area between the epidermis and dermis, allowing for more oxygen, food, and waste to pass ...

“The dermal papilla cells act as a collective group and restoring that collectivity ... Jahoda says that now they know more about which genes need to be expressed for the cells to function, ...

It became clear that SCUBE3, which is naturally produced by dermal papilla cells, tells the hair follicle stem cells next to the dermal papilla cells to start dividing and grow new hair.” ...

But exactly how dermal papilla forms has remained elusive until now. In a recent study, researchers used confocal microscopy of live skin to show that the dermal condensate forms via cell migration.