77 citations
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April 1968 in “Development” This study found that excess vitamin A in organotypic cultures of embryonic mouse skin led to abnormal hair follicle development and glandular metaplasia, unlike in untreated controls that showed normal differentiation.
71 citations
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November 2005 in “The journal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings/The Journal of investigative dermatology symposium proceedings” This review discusses the role of Edar signaling in hair follicle development and cycling, emphasizing its impact on cell fate, differentiation, and interactions with other pathways, but reports no new results.
43 citations
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January 2012 in “Biological Research” This review discusses the embryonic origins and characteristics of various stem cell populations in the skin, but it provides no new experimental results.
32 citations
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January 2014 in “Cells tissues organs” This study reports that hair follicle stem cells, termed HAP stem cells, can differentiate into neuronal and glial cells, enhancing nerve repair and locomotor recovery after injury.
17 citations
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May 2013 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Mutations in β1 integrins cause embryonic death but have milder effects on skin.
14 citations
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September 2001 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” This study reported that Sonic hedgehog signaling is crucial for hair follicle development, with its expression being significantly induced in normal embryonic hair germs but inhibited in certain experimental models.
13 citations
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November 2003 in “Humana Press eBooks” This study describes the development of a new embryonic stem cell culture system that allows for the differentiation into mature hair follicle cells, potentially aiding research in hair follicle formation and regeneration.
12 citations
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December 2020 in “Archives animal breeding/Archiv für Tierzucht” 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.
12 citations
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August 2007 in “Human Molecular Genetics” This study found that Lymphotoxin-beta primarily influences periderm differentiation, impacting epidermal and hair follicle differentiation at later stages.
7 citations
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July 2018 in “Stem cell research” This study reported that reprogramming keratinocytes from plucked hair provides an easy, non-invasive, and efficient method for generating pluripotent iPSCs without the need for medical professionals or operating rooms.
7 citations
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November 2014 in “Histochemistry and Cell Biology” This study found that mutant mice with the we/we wal/wal genotype exhibit significant defects in hair shaft structure and epidermis stratification, correlating with postnatal alopecia symptoms.
6 citations
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August 2015 in “Journal of Molecular Histology” Caspase-7 has functions in skin and hair that are not related to cell death.
4 citations
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January 2016 in “Methods in molecular biology” This study found that hair-follicle-associated pluripotent stem cells can promote nerve repair and growth in a 3D culture model and potentially differentiate into cardiac muscle cells, offering advantages over other stem cell types for regenerative medicine.
4 citations
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April 2011 in “Stem Cell Reviews and Reports” This research describes a two-step culture system for pluripotent mouse ES cells that produces hair follicle-like structures, providing a valuable model to study stem cell differentiation in vitro.
April 2021 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that CTCF is crucial for proper skin and hair follicle development in mice, affecting keratinocyte differentiation and gene expression in keratin loci.
In this study, activation of Hedgehog signaling in both epithelial and stromal cells induced new hair follicles in adult mouse skin, but also resulted in the formation of tumors.
This study found that ARHGEF3 is crucial for hair follicle development in mice, as its absence leads to defects in placode compaction and impaired follicle downgrowth, highlighting its role in regulating cell shape rearrangements during embryogenesis.
May 2024 in “Scientific reports” This study explored the role of Twist2 in fetal wound healing in embryonic mice, observing that its expression was vital for scarless regeneration and normal hair follicle formation; Twist2 knockdown led to visible scars and defective follicle formation.
March 2024 in “Research Square (Research Square)” In this study, researchers found that the protein Twist2 plays a crucial role in scarless wound healing in early embryonic mouse skins, with its knockdown leading to visible scarring and defective hair follicle formation, suggesting potential therapeutic targets for reducing scars and promoting regeneration.
February 2024 in “Frontiers in physiology” In this review, the authors explore strategies for inducing scarless skin regeneration by modulating dermal signaling or specific fibroblast subsets to promote the formation of new hair follicles in wounds, particularly focusing on mimicking neonatal skin's regenerative capabilities.
January 2024 in “ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering” In this study, researchers developed a microfluidics-based method to generate hair follicle germs on a large scale for potential hair regeneration therapies, demonstrating efficient hair follicle regeneration following transplantation into mice.
May 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Activating Wnt in skin cells controls the number of hair follicles by directing cell movement and fate.
April 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that in laboratory settings, dermal papilla cells cultured as spheroids showed significantly higher hair inductive potential and angiogenic factor expression compared to monolayer cultures.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that long-term hair follicle stem cells originate from embryonic progenitor cells in a niche with reduced Wnt/β-catenin signaling, which is essential for their specification.
September 2016 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” This study found that protein extracts from embryonic skin can induce hair follicle neogenesis in mice by activating insulin/IGF signaling in adult fibroblasts.
April 2016 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study suggests that targeting the tumor stroma to promote the formation of dermal condensates may offer a novel approach to treating basal cell carcinoma.
January 2010 in “Chinese journal of clinical anatomy” This study observed that hair follicle development in C57BL/6 mice begins at fetal stage E15.5, with a rapid increase in hair follicle numbers from E17.5 to three days after birth.
May 2007 in “Science's STKE” This study found that modulating Wnt signaling can promote new hair follicle regeneration in adult mouse skin wounds, suggesting potential treatment strategies for scarring and alopecia.
September 2012 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” Scientists successfully created fully functional hair follicles using bioengineering methods and stem cells.
3 citations
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July 2017 in “Endogenous locus-driven H-Ras G12V expression induces senescence-like phenotype in primary fibroblasts of the Costello syndrome mouse model” This study found that mouse hair follicle stem cells in a quiescent state exhibit greater chromatin dynamics and de-differentiation potential, suggesting higher cell fate plasticity compared to their proliferative or differentiated counterparts.