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December 2025 in “Inorganics” This review analyzes the role of silver nanoparticles in wound healing, highlighting their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and tissue-regenerating properties, and emphasizes the need for further research to optimize formulations and ensure safety.
1 citations
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September 2023 in “Animals” This study found that genetic variants in the goat KRTAP22-2 gene are associated with the mean fiber diameter of cashmere in Longdong Cashmere goats, suggesting these variants could serve as molecular markers for improving cashmere traits.
96 citations
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April 2017 in “Oncotarget” This study found that nanoemulsions of different sizes vary in their ability to penetrate skin layers, with smaller sizes aiding transdermal delivery and potential applications in transcutaneous immunization.
11 citations
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January 2023 in “BioMed Research International” This review discusses the use of microbial biosurfactants as a safer alternative to chemical surfactants in cosmetics due to their antibacterial, moisturizing, and low toxicity properties, but it reports no new clinical findings.
143 citations
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May 2022 in “Pharmaceuticals” This review discusses alginate-based delivery systems for probiotics, highlighting recent advances, challenges, and future directions, but reports no new clinical findings.
3 citations
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June 2024 in “Journal of Neuroendocrinology” This study observed that many women with PCOS had unfavorable lipoprotein profiles, mostly moderate changes in triglycerides, HDL, and LDL cholesterol, with small LDL particles not being rare and potentially aiding risk assessment.
2 citations
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May 2022 in “International journal of molecular sciences” This study found that the methylation level at CpG III site 4 of the KRT17 gene promoter significantly influences wool production in Angora rabbits, suggesting its potential as an epigenetic marker for breeding high wool yield.
January 2026 in “Bioengineering” In this review, various expression systems for synthesizing recombinant collagen are compared, highlighting their efficiency, modification capabilities, and cost. Key purification techniques are also analyzed, and challenges like reducing R&D costs and improving safety protocols are identified.
20 citations
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May 2007 in “Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences” This study found that polymorphisms in the KAP8.2 gene in Chinese Inner Mongolia cashmere goats are associated with variations in cashmere fibre diameter, suggesting its potential as a molecular marker for this trait.
May 2023 in “Current Applied Science and Technology” In this animal study, researchers found that exposure to a CO2 laser at various power levels caused significant skin damage in rats, including severe burns, coagulation, and tissue obliteration, with higher laser doses resulting in more pronounced injuries.
48 citations
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September 2017 in “Frontiers in Bioscience” This review explores the role of nanotechnology in wound healing, highlighting its potential through antimicrobial properties, selective inflammatory action, angiogenesis promotion, and its use in drug and gene delivery.
This research found that keratin hydrogels derived from human hair may support cell viability and proliferation, indicating potential as 2D and 3D soft tissue culture scaffolds.
417 citations
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September 2005 in “PLoS biology” This study developed molecular signatures for dermal papilla cells and their niche, uncovering novel signaling regulators and genes linked to hair disorders, which may inform future hair development research.
17 citations
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November 2017 in “Asian-Australasian journal of animal sciences” This study found that mutations in certain keratin genes significantly affect wool traits in Chinese Merino sheep, suggesting these genes could be important for sheep breeding to improve wool quality.
11 citations
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October 2017 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” In this study, oil body-bound oleosin-rhFGF-10 was more efficiently absorbed through the skin and enhanced wound healing and hair growth in mice, compared to prokaryotically-expressed rhFGF-10.
10 citations
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January 2013 in “Journal of The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” In this study, a square pulse, low-fluence IPL device used at home significantly reduced terminal hair count by 87% six months post-treatment, with evidence of hair miniaturization similar to professional laser treatments.
1 citations
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May 2023 in “Frontiers in medicine” This review explores how hair dyes and perms can damage hair structure and notes that while some adverse outcomes like skin irritation and allergic reactions have been reported, evidence from human studies remains inconsistent regarding potential risks, including cancer.
September 2025 in “Stem Cells Translational Medicine” This study found that exosomes from human umbilical cord stem cells, pretreated with lithium chloride, significantly enhance hair regeneration in mice by activating the Wnt signaling pathway through miR-146a-5p.
92 citations
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February 2023 in “Antibiotics” This review discusses advances in nanomaterial-based wound dressings for infection control, highlighting their ability to detect and treat bacterial infections effectively, but reports no new clinical results.
2 citations
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February 2022 in “Human Gene Therapy” This study found that upregulated miR-149 restricted hair follicle stem cell differentiation and hair growth by inhibiting the MAPK1/ERK2 pathway, which affects FGF2 and c-MYC expression.
21 citations
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February 2019 in “Experimental Dermatology” The authors conclude that optimizing hair shaft production and appearance may best be achieved by integrating biological, chemical, and physical intervention strategies.
54 citations
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March 2024 in “Journal of Medicinal Chemistry” This article summarizes the properties, synthesis, and biomedical applications of molecules with N-oxide functionalities, emphasizing their growing role in healthcare due to their unique properties, such as water solubility and redox reactivity, crucial for drug targeting and cytotoxicity.
23 citations
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October 2021 in “Cell Stem Cell” This study found that hair shaft miniaturization in aging and genetic hypotrichosis leads to hair follicle stem cell loss through mechanical compression and apoptosis mediated by the Piezo1 channel.
32 citations
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September 2018 in “Journal of pharmaceutical sciences” This study extended a skin diffusion model to include a porous pathway, effectively explaining the permeability of both polar and lipophilic solutes through the stratum corneum.
January 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry” In this study, researchers found that the Shindai method effectively extracts keratin from human hair, with female hair yielding more keratin than male hair. The extracted keratin showed high absorption with UV spectrometry and was confirmed as α-keratin through SDS-PAGE analysis.
1 citations
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January 2009 in “Elsevier eBooks” This review discusses the mechanisms by which laser treatment affects hair structures and growth, highlighting its potential for permanent hair reduction and associated skin damage, but reports no new experimental results.
8 citations
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February 2019 in “Scientific Reports” This article describes the immunofluorescence tomography method to achieve high-resolution 3-D reconstruction of epithelial tissues and reports no clinical results.
77 citations
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April 2004 in “Gene expression patterns” This study observed specific expression patterns of three zebrafish estrogen receptor genes during development, highlighting robust co-expression of esr2a and esr2b in primary neuromasts, branchial arches, and other tissues.
January 2019 in “Springer eBooks” Modified HDL can better deliver drugs and genes, potentially improving treatments and reducing side effects.
356 citations
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December 1986 in “The journal of cell biology/The Journal of cell biology” This study found that specific human hair keratins are differentially expressed in the hair follicle, suggesting a shared pathway of epithelial differentiation between hair cortex and nail plate cells.