43 citations
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August 2018 in “Cell Stem Cell” This study found that Hoxc gene expression can reprogram mesenchymal dermal papilla cells, enhance epithelial stem cell regenerative potential, and promote region-specific hair follicle regeneration through Wnt signaling.
January 2015 in “CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder)” This research found that Foxc1 is critical for maintaining quiescence in activated hair follicle stem cells and that the cancer cell-of-origin influences tumor heterogeneity in mouse skin squamous cell carcinoma.
72 citations
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November 2012 in “PloS one” This study found that dysregulation of the folliculin-p0071 interaction may lead to changes in cell adhesion and signaling, contributing to conditions like emphysema and renal cell carcinoma.
This study found that Ca²⁺ signaling and peptidylarginine deiminase enzymes play a crucial role in activating neural stem cells in response to injury in zebrafish, suggesting potential therapeutic targets for CNS injuries and cancer.
7 citations
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December 2007 in “Poultry Science” In this study, beta-catenin expression was found to be significant in embryonic goose skin during early feather bud development, with patterns similar to Shh expression, suggesting its importance in normal development.
1 citations
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February 2025 in “Journal of Drugs in Dermatology” This report describes two cases of cutaneous lupus erythematosus mimicking alopecia areata, highlighting the importance of considering CLE in the diagnosis of patchy hair loss to prevent scarring alopecia.
January 2017 in “Enlighten: Publications (The University of Glasgow)” This study found that in mice with deregulated β-catenin and PTEN signaling, increased follicular hyperplasia and sebaceous gland changes occur, but typical papillomas do not develop, potentially due to p21 response and reduced stem cell markers.
This study identified ISX9 as a novel agonist of the Wnt/β‐catenin pathway, which promoted hair regrowth in mice and may offer a therapeutic approach for alopecia.
This study found that mutations in the PADI3 gene, which is important for hair shaft formation, may contribute to central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia among patients.
5 citations
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January 2023 in “Cell proliferation” This study reported that supplementing rat hair follicle stem cells with chick embryo extract enhanced their migration and proliferation, possibly promoting differentiation toward Schwann cells.
21 citations
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September 1968 in “Cancer” This study identified that keratotic basal cell carcinomas with citrulline-positive keratin and hair papilla-like structures are highly differentiated, which helps distinguish them from squamous carcinomas.
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.
53 citations
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February 2015 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that inactivating CerS4 in mice led to hair follicle stem cell exhaustion and hair loss, indicating its role in regulating hair regeneration through ceramide composition and signaling pathways.
2 citations
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June 2024 in “Skin Research and Technology” This study found that low-level laser stimulation activates the Wnt signaling pathway, promoting hair follicle stem cell regeneration and accelerating wound healing.
202 citations
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August 2017 in “Nature cell biology” This study found that glycolytic metabolism and lactate production are crucial for hair follicle stem cell activation, and manipulating these processes can stimulate the hair cycle.
11 citations
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September 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study identified a distinct CD49fhigh mesenchymal stem cell subpopulation in the dermis that supports hair follicle development and maintenance via Notch signaling activation.
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.
19 citations
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September 2010 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that while the CLASI is generally useful for assessing disease activity and damage in cutaneous lupus erythematosus, it may not accurately reflect all subtypes, indicating a need for revision.
415 citations
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January 2008 in “Cell” NFATc1 controls hair stem cell activity, affecting hair growth and could be a target for hair loss treatments.
February 2020 in “Journal of chemical neuroanatomy” This study suggests that five small molecules can induce hair follicle neural crest stem cells to differentiate toward motor neuron progenitor cells with a unipotent differentiation potential.
This study found that super-enhancers play a crucial role in driving malignant progression in squamous cell carcinoma stem cells through a regulatory network involving ETS2 transcription factors, highlighting the potential link between high ETS2 levels and poor patient outcomes in head and neck cancers.
42 citations
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June 2002 in “Molecular and Cellular Biology” In this study, researchers identified distinct chromatin regions and regulatory elements that drive keratinocyte-specific gene expression, highlighting complex enhancer modules influencing skin epithelium through a combination of transcriptional activators and repressors.
4 citations
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May 2021 in “Biomedicines” This review explores the potential role of caveolin-1 in cicatricial alopecia, particularly frontal fibrosing alopecia, and discusses possibilities for targeted therapies without providing new research results.
3 citations
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May 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, researchers found that skin pigmentation alterations in a mouse model of Carney complex may be caused by specific dermal fibroblasts promoting melanogenic signaling.
November 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that conditional deletion of Mof in mice resulted in severe defects in skin development, including compromised epidermal differentiation and hair growth, leading to perinatal lethality.
15 citations
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December 2014 in “PLoS ONE” This study identifies iRhom2 as a crucial regulator of hair follicle differentiation, showing that the iRhom2Uncv mutation leads to dysplasia and reduced TACE maturation, resulting in a hairless phenotype in mice.
17 citations
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August 2018 in “BMC Genomics” The researchers found that HOXC13 regulates different keratin proteins in a mixed manner, with certain SNPs impeding this regulation, while also demonstrating negative-feedback by HOXC13 and positive regulation by LEF1 and melatonin on the HOXC13 promoter.
February 2019 in “International Journal of Dermatology and Clinical Research” In this study, Nε-(carboxymethyl) lysine was found to weaken hair follicle morphogenesis and inhibit essential cell activities in a model simulating accumulated glycation.
17 citations
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January 2014 in “Stem Cells Translational Medicine” This study reports that epidermal neural crest stem cells from dogs (cEPI-NCSC) can generate neural crest derivatives and may offer a new cell-based therapy for canine spinal cord injury, with potential as a model for human treatments.
47 citations
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April 2000 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study identified a novel missense mutation in the hairless gene in a Polish family, which may contribute to congenital atrichia with papular lesions by affecting the gene's function.