we next sought to determine diet-associated differences in
hair cycling. Mice eating probiotic yogurt displayed significantly
more subcuticular hair follicles per low power microscopic field
than matched control mice (Fig. 2C). According to the wellestablished histological parameters of hair follicle development
[19,20,21,22], follicles residing in the subcutis are in mid- to late
anagen (Anagen IIIb–VI) or catagen (Catagen I–VII) stage of the
hair growth cycle but not in the early anagen (Anagen I–IIIa) or
telogen stages, leading us to further characterize and quantify hair
follicle cycling after feeding of yogurt