December 2025 in “Medicine” This study suggests potential causal links between blood levels of glutamine, citric acid, glucose, various lipids, and lipoproteins with alopecia areata, finding glutamine may have a protective effect and noting no evidence of reverse causality. Further research is needed to validate these associations.
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December 2012 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study found that as Korean women age, their hair density, diameter, tensile strength, and lustre decline, while grey hair ratio and certain sterol contents increase, suggesting unique ageing features compared to women in other countries.
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November 2002 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This review explores androgen metabolism in the skin, highlighting enzyme localization and potential implications for treating androgen-dependent skin conditions, but it reports no new clinical results.
September 2023 in “Animals” In this study, researchers used proteomic and metabolomic analyses to explore hair follicle development in embryonic cashmere goats, identifying significant roles for the oxytocin signalling pathway and associated networks in this process.
August 2024 in “Skin Research and Technology” This study found that omega-6 and certain LDL cholesterol fractions are risk factors for androgenetic alopecia, suggesting a causal link between these lipid-related metabolites and the condition, which could inform future therapeutic approaches.