110 citations
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April 2020 in “Advances in Wound Care” This review discusses recent advancements in nanotechnology-based treatments for chronic wound healing in diabetic models, noting that despite promising results, these innovations have yet to translate into widely available commercial products.
65 citations
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March 2017 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review discusses the genetic and biological factors influencing hair curliness, revealing strong links to specific protein variations, and reports no new clinical results.
23 citations
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January 2019 in “Journal of wildlife diseases” This study found that a significant number of boreal woodland caribou in NE British Columbia showed symptoms of trace mineral deficiencies and exposure to various pathogens, with substantial winter tick infestations affecting a majority of individuals.
19 citations
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January 2019 in “International Journal of Trichology” This consensus paper reviews expert opinions on treating telogen effluvium but reports no new clinical findings.
12 citations
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September 2023 in “Polymers” This study reported that a newly developed hydrogel composed of recombinant type I collagen and chitosan, incorporating a metal–polyphenol structure, demonstrated strong mechanical and healing properties, effectively promoting wound healing in a full-thickness skin defect model.
10 citations
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January 2025 in “Biomaterials Science” This study found that a multifunctional hydrogel dressing enriched with Cu-MOF and tannic acid significantly improved full-thickness wound healing in rats, reducing the wound area to only 1.6% and promoting re-epithelialization, neovascularization, and hair follicle formation.
4 citations
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January 2020 in “Skin appendage disorders” This study highlighted that toxic metals, particularly thallium, arsenic, selenium, and mercury, are commonly associated with cases of alopecia areata.
3 citations
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October 2023 in “Cosmetics” This narrative review concluded that lifestyle factors such as nutrition, sleep, exercise, and social interactions play key roles in improving skin health and well-being with aging, and suggests social media campaigns could promote beneficial lifestyle changes in the future.
2 citations
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March 2023 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This study found that CuO/SiO2 nanowires enhanced with photothermal therapy exhibit significant antibacterial effects against E. coli and S. aureus and promote wound healing and vascularization, suggesting potential as an alternative treatment for infected wounds in mouse models.
2 citations
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November 2023 in “Bioactive materials” The researchers reported that a newly developed ionic liquid-based microemulsion significantly improved the local delivery of copper peptides in mice, enhancing hair growth-related factor activation while offering a safer, non-invasive alternative to existing treatments for hair loss.
1 citations
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November 2023 in “Frontiers in veterinary science” Goat hair shows changes in metal levels and stress when goats move from indoors to mountain pastures.
July 2026 in “Frontiers in Veterinary Science” This study found that combined dietary supplementation of sodium hyaluronate and eggshell membrane was associated with various improvements in skin and coat health markers in healthy Ragdoll cats.
June 2025 in “Journal of Cluster Science” This review explores the potential of metal nanoparticles as innovative treatments for alopecia, highlighting their effectiveness in promoting hair regrowth, enhancing drug delivery, and modulating gene expression while also assessing the related experimental methodologies and regulatory considerations.
In this study, researchers developed a computational method called iEdgePathDDA that prioritizes anticancer drug candidates by analyzing changes in gene interactions, demonstrating superior performance compared to existing methods across colorectal, breast, and lung cancer datasets.
April 2024 in “Materials today bio” In this study, the researchers developed a novel wound dressing incorporating copper-doped calcium silicate and curcumin, which significantly promoted nerve and blood vessel regeneration in deep burn wounds, emphasizing the crucial role of bioactive chelation in neuralized skin repair.
August 2023 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” In this study, researchers developed a new sodium alginate/chitosan/Zn2+ hydrogel that showed improved physical properties, antibacterial activity, and biocompatibility, and demonstrated enhanced wound healing and skin regeneration in an in vitro model.
May 2023 in “Materials research foundations” The researchers highlighted that using nanomaterials for wound care could significantly improve healing by delivering antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory effects, and may potentially reduce the economic burden associated with wound treatment.
January 2023 in “Journal of Ravishankar University” This review discusses the role of oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species in the development of androgenic alopecia and reports no new clinical findings.
June 2025 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study examined the factors contributing to gray hair, such as genetics and lifestyle, and found that while graying correlates with some health conditions, it is primarily a physiological process rather than a pathological one.
54 citations
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May 2021 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review discusses recent advances in scarless wound healing research, focusing on the roles of mechanobiology and immunology, and reports no new clinical results; the authors highlight the potential of next-generation human skin equivalents in understanding these mechanisms.
July 2026 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” This study explores the potential of adaptogenic herbal extracts like ashwagandha, rhodiola, and schisandra in treating stress-induced dermatoses, noting their effects on modulating the HPA axis, reducing inflammation, and improving skin barrier function.
February 2025 in “Animals” In this review, researchers examined the molecular diversity and expression patterns of major skin appendage proteins, like keratins and EDC proteins, in tetrapods, highlighting recent findings in reptiles and birds and identifying knowledge gaps for future research.
12 citations
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September 2024 in “JID Innovations” This review highlights the potential of microfluidic skin-on-a-chip models in skin research, emphasizing their ability to mimic human skin structure and improve control over cellular and molecular distribution compared to traditional in vitro models.
11 citations
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January 2016 in “BMC veterinary research” This study found that urinary selenium to creatinine ratio and serum selenium concentrations quickly respond to changes in dietary selenium, making them useful biomarkers for assessing selenium status in dogs.
10 citations
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November 2020 in “American Journal Of Pathology” The study suggests that integrin β1 is crucial for maintaining liver microstructure and its absence may promote fibrosis by disrupting hepatocyte-extracellular matrix interactions and increasing TGF-β secretion.
1 citations
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June 2014 in “Journal of developmental biology” This study found that retinoic acid induces epidermal transdifferentiation into mucosal epithelium in both chick and mammalian embryonic skin, involving specific gene expressions and pathways.
8 citations
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January 2017 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” This study found that astrotactin-2 undergoes unique intramembrane proteolysis during maturation, revealing specific transmembrane topologies and substrate sequence requirements for cleavage.
February 2025 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” This study reviews advancements in hair follicle regeneration, discussing the benefits and limitations of methods such as organ germ assembling, stem cell induction, and bioprinting, while highlighting the challenges of replicating embryonic signals and finding suitable cell sources for clinical applications.
August 2024 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” The study investigated immune cell patterns around the hair follicle infundibulum in androgenetic alopecia, revealing significant differences in immune signatures between patients with AGA and control donors, specifically noting an enrichment of CD4 cells in the patient group.
269 citations
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October 2017 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review examines the challenges of cell engraftment in regenerative medicine and discusses potential strategies to improve the efficacy of cell-based therapies, including cell-free regenerative approaches.