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January 2005 in “Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin” This study reports that the peptide GPIGS, found in Bacillus sp. M18 conditioned medium, may promote hair growth through the PI-3K/Akt pathway and accelerate hair regrowth in mice.
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November 2001 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings” This study observed that human hair follicles with a completely destroyed bulb can regenerate after being grafted onto immunodeficient mice, entering a shortened dystrophic telogen followed by anagen phase.
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February 2016 in “American Journal of Pathology” This study indicates that the OVOL1-OVOL2 axis may play a significant role in hair follicle differentiation and growth, potentially serving as therapeutic targets for hair disorders like alopecia and in the tumorigenesis of pilomatricoma.
This study found that testosterone and dihydrotestosterone significantly decreased the proliferation of papilla cells compared to dermal fibroblasts and outer root sheath keratinocytes in cultured hair follicle cells.
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December 1998 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, different types of catagen in the C57BL/6 mouse model exhibited varying effects on hair follicle melanocytes and melanin distribution, with spontaneous and dexamethasone-induced catagen showing pigment incontinence, while cyclophosphamide-induced catagen retained dendritic melanocytes but increased ectopic melanin.