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November 1993 in “Mammalian Genome” This study reports that transgene insertion in homozygous transgenic mice causes irreversible hair loss and impaired immune function, linked to interruption of the hairless locus on Chromosome 14.
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October 2000 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study identified a distinct gene near the hairless locus on chromosome 8p that is responsible for hereditary Marie Unna type hypotrichosis in a German family.
January 2018 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that the mutant hairless rhino bald protein in mice interacts with the vitamin D receptor but cannot repress its transactivation and shows abnormal cellular localization.
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February 2001 in “British journal of ophthalmology” This case report presents a 28-year-old woman with alopecia universalis and macular dystrophy, highlighting a potential new linkage between these conditions without previously identified associated genes.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Researchers created a new mouse model for studying scleroderma.