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September 2011 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” IL-6 contributes to hair loss by shortening the growth phase and causing hair follicles to regress.
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April 2000 in “Journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry/The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry” This study found that ICAM-1 expression in murine skin is developmentally regulated and crucial for skin and hair follicle remodeling beyond its recognized role in immune responses.
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June 1985 in “Toxicologic Pathology” In this study, prolonged high-dose steroid treatment in rats caused several pathological changes, some of which regressed, particularly improvements in mammary gland tumors and pituitary-related symptoms, after stopping treatment.
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October 2017 in “PubMed” This study found that serum bone metabolic markers with mild changes are interdependently related to traditional Chinese medicine syndromes in patients with chronic kidney disease-related bone disorders.
November 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study in live mice suggests that hair follicle regression involves apoptosis propagation towards stem cells, potentially slowed by a protective signal from the stem cells themselves.