January 2014 in “Revista del Centro Dermatológico Pascua” This study found no difference in lipid levels between men with and without androgenetic alopecia, suggesting the increased heart disease risk associated with this condition does not solely depend on cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
January 2014 in “Revista del Centro Dermatológico Pascua” This report reviews the case of a woman with cicatricial alopecia due to cutaneous lupus and discusses existing literature, concluding that current treatments do not provide significant benefits.
In this study, researchers observed that dysregulated innate lymphoid cells type 1, alongside CD8+ T cells, may contribute to the pathogenesis of alopecia areata by affecting hair follicle health.
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July 2015 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Chicken feather gene mutation helps understand human hair disorders.
23 citations
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November 2015 in “Phytotherapy Research” This study found that cucurbitacin I from bitter melon most effectively inhibited the growth of lung cancer cells and promoted hair cell growth in cell cultures.
2 citations
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October 2015 in “Human Gene Therapy” The congress highlighted new gene therapy techniques and cell transplantation methods for treating diseases.
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March 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” 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.
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April 2019 in “npj Regenerative Medicine” This study found that hMSC secretomes from umbilical cord Wharton's jelly had the most potent angiogenic effects, whereas those from adipose tissue demonstrated the weakest angiogenic potential.
81 citations
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February 2019 in “Experimental & Molecular Medicine” This review examines PAK4 signaling pathways in prostate cancer, Parkinson's disease, and melanogenesis, focusing on the potential role of the PAK4-CREB axis, without reporting new clinical results.
69 citations
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September 2006 in “Human Reproduction” This study found that CD45RO+ cells, a subtype of T lymphocytes, were notably reduced in the ovarian follicles of women with PCOS, which may contribute to the condition's pathogenesis.
48 citations
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January 2024 in “Immune Network” This review highlights recent insights into how IL-15 influences T cell responses and contributes to immunopathogenesis in various diseases, suggesting its crucial role in TCR-independent activation and potential in optimizing therapeutic strategies.
45 citations
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December 2014 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that plasmacytoid dendritic cells are central to the pathogenesis of alopecia areata, suggesting they may help differentiate it from trichotillomania and androgenetic alopecia.
27 citations
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July 2017 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that conditional knockout of N-WASP in keratinocytes of mice led to skin barrier defects, increased immune cell infiltration, and hyperproliferation of keratinocytes, indicating its crucial role in skin homeostasis.
16 citations
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September 2020 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” This review explores the role of neutrophil recruitment in the inflammation seen in hidradenitis suppurativa and emphasizes potential therapeutic targets within these pathways, but it reports no new clinical results.
10 citations
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September 2014 in “European Journal of Dermatology” This case report describes a 29-year-old woman with longstanding alopecia areata who experienced improvement in her scalp hair loss after 7 years of topical treatment with squaric acid dibutylester.
8 citations
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May 2017 in “Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine” Among in vitro and in vivo models, this study found that Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens flower extract may promote hair growth, potentially by modulating growth factor expressions and facilitating earlier hair follicle transitions in treated mice.
7 citations
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January 2021 in “Biology” This study documented a variety of skin lesions in COVID-19 patients, indicating that skin rashes might be an early or sole symptom of the disease.
5 citations
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November 2008 in “Advances in Dermatology” This review discusses advancements in understanding hair cycle and inflammatory alopecias, proposing a standard classification and tiered treatment recommendations, but reports no clinical results.
3 citations
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January 2023 in “Physiological Research” This review suggests that mesenchymal stem cells' therapeutic effects might be due to bioactive substances they release, rather than the cells themselves, highlighting the potential of the MSC secretome as a novel, cell-free therapeutic approach.
3 citations
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May 2022 in “Oncogene” This study revealed that Vav2 and Vav3 play roles in regulating hair follicle bulge stem cells in normal conditions and cancer stem cell activation and remodeling in mice.
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January 2018 in “Elsevier eBooks” This review examines the diversity and role of stem cells in the adult dermis, noting a lack of precise understanding about their hierarchy and relationship to dermal fibroblast subpopulations, and reports no new results.
1 citations
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April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that a novel 15% topical minoxidil solution achieved a clinically significant hair regrowth response in 60% of women with female pattern hair loss who did not respond to 5% minoxidil, without increasing adverse events.
July 2026 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, researchers found that the efflux of calcium in root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana, particularly through the ER-localized ACA2 and ACA7, is crucial for modulating cytoplasmic calcium signals and enabling proper root hair growth, with disruptions leading to impaired elongation.
June 2026 in “Discover Immunity.” This review discusses current advancements in mesenchymal stem cell-based therapies for skin repair and rejuvenation, focusing on therapeutic strategies, particularly highlighting the potential of neonatal and placenta-derived MSCs, and reports no new clinical results.
December 2025 in “Academic Journal of Science and Technology” This review explores the potential of mesenchymal stem cells in skin regeneration and rejuvenation, highlighting their ability to modulate immune response and enhance extracellular matrix strength but does not provide new clinical evidence.
June 2022 in “International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS)” This review examines the role of certain proteins in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome and reports no new results, emphasizing the potential for future diagnostic and therapeutic advancements.
April 2017 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study investigates whether lymphocytes from mice with secondary alopecia areata can effectively induce the disease in a C3H/HeH mouse model, similar to lymphocytes from mice with spontaneous disease.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study reports a new optimized protocol for isolating and labeling single cells from neonatal mouse skin, enabling high-quality single cell RNA sequencing for lineage-specific cell analysis.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that hair follicle matrix progenitors differentiate into various layers asynchronously, with early progenitors forming the companion layer and later progenitors generating the inner root sheath and hair shaft.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identified that in mice, sweat gland development is directed by mesenchymal signals that suppress SHH-production, while in humans, this occurs through a BMP spike in embryonic development.