59 citations
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October 2017 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study found that the zinc transporter ZIP10 is crucial for epidermal development, as it influences the activity of p63, promoting epidermal morphogenesis.
149 citations
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July 2014 in “Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine” This article provides contact information for Bruce A. Morgan and features no new research findings.
69 citations
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January 2013 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review summarizes existing knowledge on the role of FOXN1 as a key regulator of thymic epithelial cell lineage and function, reporting no new experimental results.
102 citations
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August 2008 in “Genes & Development” This study found that laminin-511 is crucial for hair morphogenesis in mice, as it influences primary cilia formation and dermal papilla maintenance through noggin and sonic hedgehog signaling.
January 2008 in “Deep Blue (University of Michigan)” This study found that Hedgehog-driven skin tumorigenesis is dependent on the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway and suggests that targeting Wnt ligands could be a potential therapeutic strategy.
June 2025 in “Histopathology” This study found that in superficial angiomyxomas, S100A4-positive mesenchymal niches may induce non-neoplastic adnexal epithelial growth, and highlighted evidence of mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition in eccrine duct branching, especially in Carney's complex cases.
January 2023 in “Theranostics” This study demonstrated that a mechanical-chemical cascade involving dermal cell contraction and the activation of Piezo1 in epidermal cells is crucial for initiating interactions necessary for hair follicle regeneration in skin organoids.
318 citations
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October 1998 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” This study found that ectopic expression of the lymphoid-enhancer factor can induce K17 protein in the skin, suggesting a link between skin development and wound repair processes in mice.
12 citations
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January 2025 in “Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology”
November 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study suggests that allergens like linalool found in personal care products may contribute to the pathobiology of frontal fibrosing alopecia by affecting immune responses and stem cell function in hair follicles.
Linalool in personal care products may worsen frontal fibrosing alopecia by damaging hair follicle stem cells and triggering harmful immune responses.
6 citations
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June 2025 in “Cell Reports” This study found that the IL-33/ST2 axis may protect against skin carcinogenesis by promoting cross-talk between epithelial cells and regulatory T cells to minimize mutations and contain tissue damage.
July 2019 in “Cancer Research” This study found that bone marrow-derived epithelial cells were abundantly recruited to some skin tumors in mice, indicating a systemic contribution to cutaneous neoplasms.
July 2019 in “Tumor Biology” In this study, researchers found that bone marrow-derived epithelial cells significantly contribute to the development of cutaneous tumors and dysplastic ulcers in mice, indicating a potential systemic role in skin cancer development.
111 citations
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January 2007 in “Seminars in cell & developmental biology” This article reviews the similarities in early development processes of hair follicles, teeth, and mammary glands and reports no new experimental findings.
28 citations
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December 2015 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” This study found that prostasin's proteolytic activity is necessary for normal hair follicle development in mice, but not for interfollicular epidermal development.
82 citations
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February 2017 in “Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology” The TGF-β family helps control how cells change and move, affecting skin, hair, and organ development.
44 citations
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February 2023 in “Cell” In this study, researchers found that human fingerprint ridges are formed through a modified hair follicle developmental process and spatial patterns influenced by specific signaling pathways.
43 citations
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February 2008 in “Journal of cutaneous pathology” This study revealed that during fetal development, MITF and Mart-1 expressing melanocytes progress from the dermis to the epidermis and hair follicles, with MITF possibly marking follicular stem cells.
22 citations
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August 1999 in “Mechanisms of Development” This study identified two novel genes, pmg-1 and pmg-2, expressed in various skin and gland tissues and potentially involved in the differentiation of epithelial cells in epidermal appendages.
2 citations
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August 2020 in “Scientific reports” This study identified genes potentially involved in the development and differentiation of skin appendages in Atelerix albiventris, noting significant enrichment of immune-related genes in hair-type tissues.
May 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that hair-type tissues in hedgehogs show higher enrichment of immune-related genes compared to spine-type tissues, suggesting that spines evolved to protect against injuries and infections.
252 citations
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March 1998 in “Developmental dynamics” This study suggests that fibroblast growth factors FGF-4, FGF-8, and FGF-9 may play redundant roles as signals in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions during multiple stages of tooth development in mice.
86 citations
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May 2008 in “Cytokine & growth factor reviews” This review discusses recent discoveries about the role of Eda and other TNF-related cytokines in skin appendage development and reports no new experimental results, highlighting developments since the last comprehensive summary in 2003.
44 citations
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June 2017 in “The EMBO Journal” This study reports that the autotaxin–LPA–LPA3 signaling pathway at the embryo-epithelial boundary plays a critical role in decidualization by up-regulating HB-EGF and COX-2 in the uterine epithelium.
15 citations
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January 2018 in “Biomedical Reports” This review discusses multiple pathways through which exosomes may regulate skin functions and diseases like melanoma, scleroderma, and pigmentation disorders, without providing new clinical results; future therapeutic strategies are suggested.
9 citations
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March 2009 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study reports that the maintenance and morphogenesis of skin appendages rely on both the dose and duration of ectodysplasin signaling.
February 2026 in “Experimental Dermatology” In human hair follicle cultures, this study found that cyclohexyl salicylate, an OR2A4/7 agonist, promoted hair growth by delaying catagen development and expanding epithelial stem cell progeny, suggesting its potential as a non-drug hair loss treatment.
February 2024 in “Biomedical materials” This study developed a new human in vitro hair model that replicates in vivo hair characteristics and may be suitable for high throughput screening of hair growth treatments.
112 citations
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September 2021 in “BMC Biology” This study found that specific gene expressions during different stages of hair follicle development in Merino sheep are linked to wool-related traits, and may also be relevant to human skin, metabolic, and immune traits.