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This review explores the role of the TMPRSS2 gene in facilitating SARS-CoV-2 infection and its potential as a therapeutic target in COVID-19 and other respiratory infections, highlighting challenges in developing selective inhibitors.

This article discusses the various roles of steroids in vertebrate organ systems and notes several glucocorticoids that were among the Top 200 Drugs by sales in the 2010s, but it reports no new clinical findings.

Finasteride safely treats enlarged prostate and male-pattern baldness.

In this study, researchers found that specific mutations in iRhom2 in mice lead to skin and hair abnormalities which depend on the presence of the protein ADAM17, suggesting a complex role for iRhom2 in tissue development and potential implications for treating tylosis with oesophageal cancer.

In this study, a newly engineered scaffold, PADM-MX-Ag-Si@Dox, demonstrated potential as a multifunctional biomaterial for postoperative melanoma treatment by controlling drug release, enhancing wound healing, and enabling real-time tumor surveillance through temperature, pH, and electrical stimuli.

This review examines the role of root hair specification and nutrient acquisition in plants, emphasizing the need for further genetic research to understand the mechanisms influencing root hair development and growth.

This study observed that pantethine, a vitamin B5 precursor, attenuates tumor growth in immunocompetent mice by enhancing antitumor immunity, but its effect is limited by immune cell exhaustion over time.

This study found that AtCEPs in Arabidopsis thaliana play a role in controlling root hair growth by processing EXT proteins, with NAC1 acting to regulate their expression and influence elongation.

In this study, researchers developed a rapid platform using primary human lung tissues to identify SARS-CoV-2 targets and test antiviral compounds, achieving highly reproducible results across viral variants.

This study found that CRISPR/Cas9 efficiently edited two cellulose synthase-like genes in spinach, significantly altering root hair growth patterns and suggesting potential for large-scale genome editing in this crop.

This article contains the late-breaking abstracts from the 39th Annual Conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery and does not present new research results.

In this review, researchers summarize key factors in constructing skin organoids, including cell source and assembly methods, and emphasize advances such as air-liquid interface culture for improving tissue development, aiming to guide standardized protocols and future clinical applications.

This study found that a combination of curcumin and piperine demonstrated moderate antioxidant activity, negligible cytotoxicity, and significant potential for promoting hair regrowth in rat models of alopecia, suggesting it could be a safe and effective natural alternative for managing hair loss.

This review summarizes recent findings on the role of lactylation, a novel post-translational modification, in skin diseases, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic target by linking metabolism, epigenetic regulation, and inflammatory processes.

This review synthesizes both traditional and emerging molecular mechanisms of tissue remodeling across different organs, aiming to establish a theoretical basis for precision interventions in pathological conditions, according to the authors.

This study explores the complex mechanisms of skin aging, including cellular senescence and disrupted communication, and highlights rejuvenation strategies like gene expression rewiring and microbiome modulation, offering potential frameworks for regenerative therapies and precise interventions in skin and systemic aging.

This study found that dapagliflozin enhanced mitochondrial quality control and adaptive autophagy in human cardiomyocytes under hypoxic stress, suggesting that these mechanisms may contribute to the cardioprotective effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in ischemic injury.

This study analyzed the formulation and stability of pomade containing peppermint oil and minoxidil, determining that a particular formulation with 1% paraffin yielded optimal physical and stability characteristics for promoting hair growth, making it the best choice among the tested options.

This review discusses recent advances in the development of electrospun pectin nanofibers for biomedical applications, highlighting strategies to improve their mechanical properties and biological functions and addressing challenges like material variability and regulatory issues.

This research outlines the characteristics and potential applications of a GMP-compliant sodium polyphosphate formulation (Na-polyP-GMP) in cellular energy storage and ATP-dependent processes like skin regeneration and wound healing.

This review highlights the promise of non-viral gene delivery systems, particularly genosomes, over traditional viral vectors due to enhanced safety and efficiency in therapeutic nucleic acid delivery for genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis and malignancies.

This study utilized a mouse model of traumatic brain injury to reveal that acute neurotrauma triggers widespread lipid metabolism reprogramming and storage lipid accumulation in microglial and monocyte populations, leading to lysosomal dysfunction, inhibited autophagy, and exacerbated inflammation through a pathological feedback loop.

This study found that rhamnose can restore hair-inducing gene expression in dermal papilla cells and accelerate hair follicle regeneration by promoting the hair cycle into the anagen phase, suggesting its potential therapeutic application for alopecia treatment.

Among maize plants, this study observed that root hairs tend to grow in air-filled pores at the root-soil interface, but their growth into the soil matrix is limited, posing potential constraints on nutrient uptake, anchorage, and rhizosheath formation.

This review highlights the crucial role of histone modification in the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic inflammatory skin diseases, and explores therapeutic strategies targeting these epigenetic changes to improve management of conditions such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.

In this study, researchers found that while blocking either glycolysis or glutaminolysis in cancer cells did not prevent tumor growth due to metabolic flexibility, simultaneous inhibition of both pathways hindered carcinoma development, indicating multiple interventions may be necessary for effective metabolic manipulation in cancer treatment.

This study describes the use of a genetically engineered mouse model, mTurquoise2-Col4a1, to fluorescently label collagen IV and observe basement membrane dynamics during skin development, revealing its stability and pliability during rapid growth phases.

This article discusses the genetic polymorphisms affecting the antioxidant system and suggests that personalized detoxification plans and nutrition may be beneficial for patients with chronic diseases, but it reports no new clinical findings.

This study found that Nubian ibex have developed genetic adaptations in response to their desert environment, including enhanced skin barrier, DNA repair, viral response, and metabolism of toxic compounds.

This article discusses the widespread issue of zinc deficiency affecting plant, animal, and human health, and reports no new clinical results; the authors emphasize the need for adequate zinc availability in agriculture and nutrition.