April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, CTCF was found to play essential roles in epidermal differentiation and skin barrier formation, simultaneously acting as a suppressor of epithelial inflammatory responses in mouse skin.
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August 2024 in “Transgenic Research” In this study, the researchers observed that inducing and then withdrawing β-catenin expression in a bigenic mouse model caused reversible changes in skin morphology, indicating dependence on β-catenin signaling.
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July 2014 in “PLoS ONE” This study suggests that inactivation of β-catenin is necessary for chick retina regeneration, as it allows cells to enter the cell cycle during injury and promotes regeneration without needing FGF2.
March 2025 in “OncoTargets and Therapy” This study found that in circulating tumor cells from non-invasive liquid biopsies, the GG genotype of the CYP3A5 A6986G affects longer disease-free survival in DLBCL patients, highlighting the significance of circulating biomarkers for prognostic evaluation.
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August 2010 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” This study found that NFI-C plays a crucial role in the transition from the telogen to anagen phase of the hair follicle cycle, affecting hair growth initiation in mice.
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March 1991 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” April 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study identified that disrupting Mef2c in dermal papilla cells delays the early stages of hair cycle catagen in mice, revealing potential interactions with Sox18 in regulating hair growth.
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October 2012 in “International Journal of Oncology” In this in vitro study, wedelolactone induced selective apoptosis in prostate cancer cells by inhibiting 5-Lox activity, suggesting it may have potential as a treatment for prostate cancer.
June 2023 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study reports a unique case of coinheritance of BRCA2 and CYLD pathogenic variants in a man with metastatic malignant cylindroma, suggesting that recognizing such genetic profiles in rare conditions can provide new treatment options, including the potential use of therapies targeting BRCA deficiency.
November 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study provides evidence that ILC1-like cells can induce alopecia areata in previously healthy human hair follicles, challenging the view that it is solely an autoantigen-dependent autoimmune disease.
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May 2016 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study by Flores and colleagues found that the type of tumor that develops in a specific subset of epidermal stem cells is influenced by which tumor suppressor gene is deleted.
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November 2013 in “The EMBO Journal” HDAC1 is crucial for skin development and preventing tumors.
January 2012 in “Else Kröner-Fresenius Symposia” This symposium reported that DNA damage accumulation in aging stem cells affects genome integrity, highlighting novel mechanisms like Bmi1's role in DNA repair and the involvement of BATF in lymphoid differentiation.
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December 2013 in “Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics” This case report highlights the use of microarray analysis to identify cryptic chromosomal rearrangements in a young woman with intellectual disability and multiple congenital anomalies.
In this study, researchers discovered that the HrasG12V oncogenic mutation in murine skin epithelial cells initially promotes progenitor cell renewal but later leads to a balanced differentiation, stabilizing clone growth.
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January 2016 in “Cell Death and Disease” This review discusses the role of the TCL1 transgenic mouse model in understanding chronic lymphocytic leukemia biology and highlights the importance of exploring new pathogenetic and therapeutic targets.
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December 2015 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study suggests that PDCD4 regulates keratinocyte proliferation and contact inhibition, playing a role in epidermal homeostasis and wound healing.
This study found that inhibiting AP-1 activity in mice can induce lineage transdifferentiation between squamous and sebaceous tumors, suggesting AP-1's role in maintaining tumor cell identity.
70 citations
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December 2008 in “Cancer Research” This study found that activating CXCR2 on ras-transformed keratinocytes promotes migration and tumor development in a mouse skin model.
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September 2024 in “PLoS ONE” This study suggests that combining bendamustine with tucidinostat may improve survival in patients with relapsed or refractory adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, highlighting its potential for clinical investigation.
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January 2016 in “International Journal of Medical Sciences” This study found that Wnt5a suppresses β-catenin signaling, inhibiting the transition of hair follicles from the telogen to anagen phase.
January 2020 in “Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano)” This study found that Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 is crucial for maintaining stem cell identity across different lineages, but its loss results in varied transcriptional outcomes depending on the tissue context.
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May 2008 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” This case report describes a 32-year-old man who developed SCC of the common bile duct a year after receiving treatment for a malignant proliferating trichilemmal tumour on the scalp.
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January 2022 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This study found that IL-25-mediated-IL-17RB signaling improved diabetic wound healing by enhancing angiogenesis, collagen deposition, and endothelial cell function, suggesting a potential therapeutic strategy for poorly healing diabetic wounds.
60 citations
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July 2014 in “Autophagy” This study found that autophagy is impaired in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome-associated renal tumors and identified that the FLCN protein interacts with key autophagy components regulated by ULK1.
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April 2023 in “American Journal of Dermatopathology” This study suggests that central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia may involve a CD4-predominant T-cell process with potential PD1/PDL1 pathway involvement, indicated by increased caspase 3 expression and loss of PDL1.
June 1996 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” 4 citations
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June 2015 in “Connective tissue research” This study found that Bnip3L and caspase-12 were differentially expressed during the first catagen stage of mouse hair follicle development under normal physiological conditions.
February 2020 in “International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences” This study found that canine hair follicle stem cells in vitro expressed markers associated with multipotency, suggesting their potential role in the hair cycle.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study demonstrated that mitochondrial function in keratinocytes is crucial for maintaining skin homeostasis and hair follicle development, as its impairment led to disrupted hair morphogenesis and early death in mice.