2 citations
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July 2025 in “BMC Women s Health” This study confirms that many iron deficiency symptoms occur in non-anemic women, with transferrin saturation showing a strong correlation with symptom diversity, suggesting its potential as an early diagnostic biomarker.
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October 2025 in “BMC Genomics” This study found that both natural and environmental selection have significantly influenced the goat genome, revealing genetic loci tied to adaptation, fitness, and productive traits, more so than artificial selection, across various goat populations.
January 2026 in “Health Science Reports” This study highlights a complex link between hair care and HFRBDs and suggests that personalized hair care strategies could improve condition management and be integrated into professional guidance by clinicians and hair experts.
December 2025 in “Biomedicines” In this study, researchers identified two person-centered sexual function profiles among women, linked to physical and psychological factors, with PCOS showing greater, though not significant, presence in the dysfunction profile. The dysfunction was associated with higher adiposity and body-image distress.
May 2025 in “Psychopharmacology” In this study, chronic finasteride administration in male rats led to depression- and anxiety-like behaviors only in specific tests and moderately affected hippocampal synaptic plasticity, possibly due to adaptive plasma corticosterone level changes over time.
April 2025 in “Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders” This study found that linc-PINT expression was significantly decreased in patients with atrial fibrillation compared to healthy controls, while several TGF-β signaling genes were increased, suggesting a potential role in heart arrhythmias' pathogenesis.
April 2024 in “International Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases” This study observed a marked increase in syphilis frequency within the studied population in 2020, along with dynamic patterns of clinical manifestations and increasing re-infection rates.
August 2023 in “Psychology, Health & Medicine” This systemic review and meta-analysis found that men with androgenetic alopecia generally experience moderate impacts on quality of life, but limited evidence of severe effects on mental health.
May 2017 in “InTech eBooks” This review discusses trichotillomania and traction alopecia, focusing on their clinical features, diagnostic criteria, and treatment options, but it reports no new research findings.
February 2026 in “PubMed” In this study, adult male rats exhibited significant anxiety-like behaviors following finasteride withdrawal, including pronounced hyperactivity and novelty avoidance, highlighting potential parallels with post-finasteride syndrome observed in clinical settings.
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June 2022 in “Development” This study suggests that distinct chromatin topologies allow different lineage-specific enhancers to regulate Hoxd genes in mouse vibrissae and chicken feather primordia, while conserved regulatory elements maintain transcriptional robustness in the embryonic trunk across species.
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November 2014 in “BMC Medicine” This research observed that oral testosterone replacement therapy significantly increases cardiovascular risk, while effects of injected or transdermal therapy on cardiovascular risk were not significant, prompting further investigation into these methods.
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April 2018 in “Nature Genetics” This study identified more than 100 genetic loci associated with hair color variation in Europeans, explaining a significant portion of the trait's heritability and advancing understanding of hair pigmentation.
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December 2015 in “Cochrane library” This review observed limited evidence of clinically significant benefits from treatments for acute central serous chorioretinopathy, which often resolves spontaneously, but identified PDT and micropulse laser as the most promising for further trials.
68 citations
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August 2014 in “PeerJ” This study found that proteomic analysis can distinguish hair samples across different ethnicities and body regions based on keratin protein levels, which may aid forensic hair identification.
58 citations
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November 2013 in “Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences” This review discusses the development and application of multiphoton microscopy in dermatology, highlighting its advantages and potential future research directions without reporting new clinical results.
57 citations
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March 2018 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review highlights recent advances in understanding how the extracellular matrix regulates epidermal stem cell fate, emphasizing the importance of the hair follicle stem cell niche, but reports no new empirical findings.
43 citations
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December 2020 in “PLOS Genetics” This study used a new statistical approach, PLACO, to identify several novel shared genetic regions associated with both Type 2 Diabetes and Prostate Cancer in two large GWAS datasets.
32 citations
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August 2016 in “Science Signaling” This study developed PiSCES biosignatures that distinguished alopecia areata patients from controls, revealing enhanced basal TCR signaling and a potential disease-specific signaling network signature.
20 citations
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December 2020 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This study found that certain T cell-associated genes were upregulated in dogs with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome and vitiligo, suggesting a shared immunopathogenesis with humans.
19 citations
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May 2008 in “Applied spectroscopy” This study found that human hair cuticle and cortex have different protein structures, with beta-sheet and disorder configurations in the cuticle and alpha-helical structures in the cortex.
17 citations
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December 2021 in “Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology” This study found that statin treatment significantly reduced androgen levels and improved symptoms of hyperandrogenism, such as hirsutism and acne, in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
11 citations
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August 2018 in “Medicine” This study found that college students with androgenetic alopecia exhibited higher levels of various psychological symptoms compared to those without AGA, with medical and art students showing particularly elevated symptoms.
10 citations
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May 2020 in “Journal of proteome research” This study found that hair proteome profiling and genetically variant peptide identification in hairs remained effective after an explosive blast, indicating potential for forensic human identification despite damage.
7 citations
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January 2024 in “Cancer Research Communications” This study found that TAp63 and ΔNp63 isoforms in the p63 family interact with different transcription factors to regulate distinct transcriptional programs, affecting various biological functions like metabolic pathways, oxidative stress response, and epithelial morphogenesis in mouse epidermal cells.
7 citations
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October 2019 in “Elsevier eBooks” This chapter defines skin integrity as a blend of intact structural elements and adaptable functional capacity, highlighting its importance in maintaining skin health across various conditions but reports no new research findings.
7 citations
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March 2016 in “Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy” This review suggests that paradoxical hair growth after light-based treatments is unlikely due to the devices themselves; instead, it may be linked to other factors such as inflammation in individuals with certain conditions.
4 citations
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December 2023 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This study found that topical metformin was as effective as triple combination cream in reducing melasma severity, with minimal adverse events.
3 citations
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July 2017 in “Journal of Molecular Graphics & Modelling” This study analyzed the geometric and electronic properties of baicalin conformers, finding that BCLa2TT and BCLa1TT conformers exhibit high stability in aqueous solutions and are favorable for interactions with positively charged species.
2 citations
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November 2025 in “Pharmacology Research & Perspectives” This study analyzed post-marketing data from the U.S. FDA Adverse Event Reporting System and identified both known and new safety concerns for Avacopan, an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated vasculitis treatment, emphasizing the need for monitoring during early treatment stages.