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This study reported that depleting the pro-apoptotic protein Bax in hair follicle stem cells enables these cells to kill nearby viable cells by sequestering TNFα, which increases the stem cell pool and accelerates tissue regeneration, suggesting potential implications for therapies targeting tissue repair and cancer.

This study indicates that the protein Bcl-2 has a dual role, protecting hair follicle stem cells from apoptosis during regeneration and promoting tumor formation under oncogenic stress.

In this study, azelaic acid 20% and finasteride increased BCL-2 protein expression and decreased bax protein expression in rats after skin flap surgery, suggesting a potential antiapoptotic role in reducing ischemia-induced damage.

In this study, Msx2-deficient mice showed progressive hair loss due to shortened anagen phase and prolonged catagen and telogen phases, resulting in cyclic alopecia with structurally abnormal hair shafts.