76 citations
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March 2008 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study found that videodermoscopy can help diagnose nailbed psoriasis by revealing distinctive hyponychial capillary patterns, which correlated with disease severity and response to treatment.
30 citations
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December 2017 in “Medical Hypotheses” This review evaluates dihydrotestosterone's role in androgenic alopecia and proposes a model suggesting that chronic scalp tension and inflammation contribute to hair follicle miniaturization, identifying fibrosis, calcification, and tension as treatment targets.
3 citations
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October 1994 in “Medical Molecular Morphology” This study observed that the lower part of vibrissa hair roots in adult Wistar rats receives a richer blood supply and structural protection, compared to the upper part.
2 citations
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August 2011 in “InTech eBooks” New methods for growing skin cells can improve skin grafts by building blood vessels within them.
1 citations
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February 2025 in “Journal of Anatomy” This study observed that during the postnatal development of gray short-tailed opossums, skin transitions from facilitating gas exchange through a dense capillary network at birth to supporting thermoregulation, with significant changes in skin thickness and structure occurring by 35 days old.
September 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study developed a 3D skin model with immune and endothelial cells, which may enhance understanding of skin biology and diseases due to its closer approximation to native skin.
September 1989 in “PubMed” This study reported detailed three-dimensional ultrastructural observations of human hair and hair follicles using a modified preparation method, including morphological differences in hair bulb cell layers and surface projections on root sheath cells.
April 2018 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study demonstrated that prevascularized human skin constructs containing engineered hair follicles can successfully induce human hair growth when grafted onto mice by promoting blood supply to the grafted skin.
3 citations
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January 2022 in “Burns & Trauma” This study found that CTHRC1 is crucial for sweat gland function and vascular network integrity in mice, and its administration improved sweat gland performance by reconstructing nearby blood vessels.
November 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, researchers observed that blood vessel maturation in mice involves neonatal endothelial cells expanding the capillary network through vessel regression and angiogenesis, with adult cells later maintaining stability and repair through specific signaling pathways.
21 citations
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November 2020 in “Chemical Engineering Journal” In this study, an injectable hydrogel incorporating antibacterial agents was shown to effectively heal wounds and promote hair follicle and capillary regeneration, offering a promising approach for skin tissue engineering.
4 citations
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January 2005 in “Indian Journal of Animal Research” This study describes the structural composition of the skin's dermis in experimental animals, highlighting the arrangement of collagen, elastic, and reticular fibers as well as associated glands and muscles.
24 citations
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February 2007 in “Laser Physics Letters” This study found that a caffeine-containing shampoo penetrated deeply into hair follicles in just two minutes and remained there for up to 48 hours, even after washing.
4 citations
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June 2025 in “Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews” This Cochrane review found no clear superiority among treatments for central serous chorioretinopathy, with low-dose photodynamic therapy, supplements, and eplerenone showing slightly higher probabilities of improving visual acuity, but evidence remains uncertain due to biases and small study sizes.
April 2026 in “Scientific Reports” In this study, the proposed MSF-VMDNet, combining dual encoder networks with a multi-frequency domain mechanism, significantly outperformed existing methods in segmenting skin cancer tissues from histological slide images, achieving high accuracy with an MIoU of 95.37% and a Dice coefficient of 95.11%.
23 citations
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December 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This review explores recent insights into how intrinsic gene oscillations and molecular interactions in hair follicle stem cells contribute to their regenerative potential, with potential implications for regenerative medicine, but reports no new clinical results.
23 citations
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July 2018 in “BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine” This study used association rule mining and network analysis to identify frequently combined herb sets for treating alopecia from 56 articles, highlighting the potential of Polygonum multiflorum, Angelica sinensis, and Ligusticum chuanxiong in traditional medicine and suggesting further bioinformatics research to understand their efficacy.
22 citations
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February 2017 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This study suggests that icariin promotes hair follicle growth in mice by enhancing IGF-1 expression in dermal papilla cells.
July 2023 in “RCMOS - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar O Saber” This narrative review highlights how scalp therapy can enhance service quality in barbershops by integrating trichology, aesthetics, and health education, potentially boosting client loyalty and competitive differentiation in the men's grooming market.
54 citations
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May 2018 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that low-level laser therapy was the most effective non-surgical treatment for androgenetic alopecia, although the overall quality of evidence supporting various therapies was generally low.
This study found that γδ T cells play a role in regulating stromal behavior, influencing the composition and vascularity of fibrotic tissues during the foreign body response.
3 citations
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May 2025 in “Cell Death and Disease” This study found that METTL1 is upregulated in papillary thyroid cancer tissues and promotes cancer cell proliferation and metastasis through its tRNA methyltransferase activity.
22 citations
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August 2015 in “Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews” The study aims to find the best treatment for central serous chorioretinopathy by comparing various options.
3 citations
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July 2024 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This study demonstrates that Puerariae Lobatae Radix may regulate skin lipid metabolism by inhibiting sebaceous gland growth and reducing triglyceride secretion, highlighting its therapeutic potential for sebaceous gland-related conditions.
March 2025 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This study developed a hydrogel dressing incorporating angelica polysaccharides, demonstrating enhanced wound healing properties in a mouse model by promoting rapid hemostasis, tissue healing, and new blood vessel formation compared to Tegaderm™ film.
August 2021 in “Research, Society and Development” In this study, intradermal therapy with Minoxidil, growth factors, and vitamins showed a slight advantage in increasing hair volume over a combination with Finasteride for androgenic alopecia.
March 2026 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” In this laboratory study, researchers observed that mouse vascular endothelial cells exhibit dynamic changes after exposure to ionizing radiation, including a transient endothelial subpopulation that facilitates vascular-epidermal communication and skin repair, with shifting roles in angiogenesis and immune surveillance over time.
October 2019 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that micro-CT imaging can effectively identify vascular structures in rat models of congenital hypospadias, providing anatomical insights for selecting preputial vessel flaps in surgical procedures.
41 citations
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May 2018 in “Nutrition and healthy aging” This study suggests that age-related changes in skin elasticity reduce its stability against wrinkling, and anti-aging strategies should focus on addressing elastic mismatches between skin layers.
299 citations
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January 2018 in “Journal of Clinical Investigation” This review explores fibroblast heterogeneity in the mammalian dermis and suggests potential therapeutic applications by targeting fibroblast subtypes, but reports no new experimental results.