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This review discusses recent advances in the genetic understanding of inherited hair and nail disorders and reports no new clinical results.

This report describes a child with ulerythema ophryogenes marked by eyebrow hair absence and progressive skin atrophy, whose condition did not improve despite elevated vitamin A levels via injections.

This article reviews the structural similarities and common disorders of hair and nails, highlighting their joint involvement in congenital and acquired conditions, but it reports no new clinical results.

This study indicates that transient Msx2 expression is critical for wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis, with distinct phases in the healing process essential for epidermal competence and hair regeneration.

This study identified distinct gene expression patterns in wool follicle bulbs that may play important roles in wool follicle cycling and regeneration in sheep.

This study reports that dynamic interactions between stem cells and their niche, influenced by macro-environmental factors, regulate regenerative behavior in integument pattern formation.

This study found that Hoxc13-/- rabbits exhibit complete hair loss on the head and dorsum, providing a potential model for understanding human ECTD-9 and related dermatological conditions.

This study found that during amelogenesis in Msx2 null mice, a dysfunctional enamel organ developed due to abnormal epithelial transformation and lacked proper enamel formation.

This paper reviews the genetic aspects of hair disorders and suggests that understanding these genes could advance treatment and diagnosis; it reports no new experimental findings.

This study observed that daily selenium sulfide shampoos successfully removed fungal spores hidden beneath the hair cuticle in patients infected with ectothrix Microsporum canis.

This review examines the role of P-cadherin in skin and hair biology, emphasizing its importance in human hair growth, cycling, and pigmentation, and reports no new research findings.

This study suggests that human embryonic stem cells may improve skin graft quality and functionality by enabling the identification and amplification of early ectodermal progenitors, pending confirmation from preclinical studies.

This report describes two Saudi brothers with dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis who exhibited normal hair shafts despite their condition.

This review discusses the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of hair shaft disorders and suggests diagnostic tools like trichoscopy and light microscopy, but reports no new clinical results.

This study found that EDA and EDAR are expressed throughout cashmere goat fetal development and play a critical role in hair follicle formation by influencing gene expression in fibroblasts and epithelial cells.

This study identified a novel mutation in the EDA gene, which may impair protein stabilization and be involved in the development of oligodontia and mild ectodermal dysplasia phenotypes.

This case report details a 21-year-old woman with dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis, presenting with generalized reticulate hyperpigmentation, diffuse noncicatricial alopecia, onychodystrophy, palmoplantar keratoderma, and poorly developed dermatoglyphics.

This review discusses recent advances in molecular genetics and their impact on the accuracy and understanding of diagnosing inherited skin diseases but reports no new results.

This study reports a case of a child with congenital skin fragility, alopecia, and cardiomyopathy due to compound heterozygous mutations in the DSP gene causing desmoplakin deficiency.

The document emphasizes the importance of correctly identifying and classifying genetic hair disorders to help diagnose related health conditions.

In this case report, the authors suggest an association between prolonged finasteride use and anterior subcapsular cataracts, as observed in a 43-year-old man, marking the first reported instance.

This article highlights that a low suspicion for tinea capitis in adults with scaling and hair loss may delay diagnosis and treatment, urging confirmation through KOH, fungal culture, or biopsy.

This study developed a method to convert fibroblasts into sweat gland-like cells, suggesting potential for regenerating damaged skin and restoring sweat gland function.

This article discusses the use of dermoscopy for diagnosing hair and scalp disorders in children and reports no new clinical results.

This case report describes a 7-year-old boy with Netherton's syndrome, highlighting the identification of the tricorrhexis invaginata hair defect using a photographically illustrated scalp biopsy, which had not been visually documented before.

Integumentary organs adapt and evolve for survival, with potential uses in regenerative medicine.

This study on feather pattern formation in chicken skin found that inhibiting gap junctional intercellular communication can lead to the emergence of new feather buds in specific spatial patterns, suggesting that GJIC may facilitate Turing-type periodic patterning by propagating inhibitory signals over long distances.

This study suggests that 20 vital medicinal herbs may exert therapeutic effects on alopecia by regulating specific target genes and proteins, offering insights into their novel mechanisms distinct from conventional drugs.

This study found that NF-κB's p65/RelA subunit can directly activate hair keratin genes, suggesting a new role in hair formation that may inform the understanding of ectodermal dysplasias.

This study identified a new mutation in SELH/Bc mice causing distinctive whisker and body hair abnormalities, mapped near the type I keratin cluster on chromosome 11.