47 citations
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April 1978 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This study found that basal cell epithelioma resembles fetal primary epithelial germ based on specific cellular characteristics.
60 citations
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March 2011 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” This study found that RANK-RANKL signaling regulates hair renewal and epidermal homeostasis in mice, revealing its role in initiating hair growth cycles and maintaining skin cell activity.
60 citations
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November 2013 in “Development” This study found that the creation of hair follicle lumens in mice is driven by the outward migration of keratin 79-positive cells, suggesting a novel mechanism for generating hollow cores in hair follicles.
178 citations
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April 2011 in “Journal of Clinical Investigation” This study found that the phenotype of Hedgehog/Gli-driven skin tumors in mice depends on the cell of origin, tissue context, and level of oncogenic signaling.
3 citations
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December 2013 in “Journal of Cell Science” This study found that K79+ keratinocytes migrate outward to help form the hair follicle lumen both during development and adult regeneration, revealing a novel mechanism of hair follicle formation in mice.
11 citations
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March 2021 in “Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering” This study demonstrated that adding human adipose-derived stem cells to hair follicle germ-like aggregates significantly improved hair shaft generation in transplanted nude mice, suggesting a promising strategy for hair regenerative medicine.
November 2013 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” Keratin 79 cells help form and regenerate hair canals.
87 citations
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March 2015 in “The EMBO Journal” This review discusses the plasticity of stem cell populations and their ability to switch between functions for tissue homeostasis and regeneration, emphasizing environmental and hormonal influences, and reports no new results.
135 citations
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December 2013 in “Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology” This review examines the literature on the molecular and cellular makeup of the hair follicle niche and how it influences stem cell behavior during hair regeneration, but does not provide new experimental results.
42 citations
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January 2017 in “Stem cells international” This study found that while extracellular matrix components like hyaluronic acid promoted larger organoid formation, other matrix components hindered hair follicle germ assembly in an in vitro model.
6 citations
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January 2016 in “Methods in molecular biology” This protocol describes a method for regenerating hair follicles using a bioengineering technique called the Organ Germ Method, but it reports no new clinical results.
August 2025 in “Biomaterials” In this study, researchers developed a novel therapy using the secretome of human fetal cartilage progenitor cells, which successfully regenerated functional hair follicles in animal models and significantly increased hair regrowth, suggesting potential as a new treatment for androgenic alopecia.
June 2022 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that prevelex coatings on microwell array devices enhanced the formation of uniform cell spheroids and enabled the development of hair follicles in tissue engineering applications.
165 citations
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October 2013 in “Nature Communications” This study demonstrates that bioengineered salivary gland transplants can fully regenerate gland function, producing saliva and restoring normal swallowing in salivary gland-defective mice, offering potential for xerostomia treatment.
8 citations
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April 1997 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that hHbl gene expression is localized in the cortical cells of the human hair shaft and is notably high in pilomatricoma cells transitioning to hair shaft keratinocytes.
1 citations
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January 2017 The document outlines criteria to identify and differentiate neoplasms based on follicular characteristics.
November 2014 in “Journal of Cell Biology” Valentina Greco's research shows that the environment around hair follicle stem cells is more crucial for regeneration than the stem cells themselves.
7 citations
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November 2022 in “Communications biology” This study found that injecting keratin into the skin of mice promoted hair growth, potentially through keratin's interaction with hair-forming cells and changes in the microenvironment.
This study found that hyaluronic acid increased the size of hair follicle germ-like aggregates and the number of proliferative cells but did not maintain specific markers during the process.
6 citations
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January 2019 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” This study suggests that Sox13, although dispensable for epidermal development, serves as a marker for early hair follicle development in Sox13-LacZ knock-in mice.
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.
September 2012 in “The Egyptian Journal of Histology” In this study, flutamide at therapeutic doses caused significant histological changes in the testes and epididymis of adult albino rats, reducing androgen receptor immunoreactivity and increasing estrogen receptor immunoreactivity.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study provides a comprehensive platform to explore stem cell interactions regulating hair follicle growth, revealing key signaling pathways in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions using advanced RNA sequencing and transgenic reporters.
116 citations
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August 2010 in “Nature” Scientists turned rat thymus cells into stem cells that can help repair skin and hair.
35 citations
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July 2015 in “Journal of Theoretical Biology” This study introduced a theoretical model suggesting that the morphological transition from bud to cap in tooth germ development is driven by mechanical interactions among cells.
21 citations
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June 2004 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that Ber-EP4 immunoreactivity is present in specific areas of hair follicles across different stages of the hair cycle, particularly in the secondary hair germ, but not in mature anagen follicles.
51 citations
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May 2019 in “Biomaterials” This study developed a method for generating germ-like tissues called bbHFGs, which efficiently promoted hair follicle formation in mice, potentially advancing hair regenerative medicine applications.
22 citations
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March 2021 in “Materials Today Bio” This review discusses recent advances in developmental tissue engineering for regenerating ectodermal appendages like teeth and glands, emphasizing biomaterial selection and cell culture strategies, but reports no new experimental results.
4 citations
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February 2013 in “PubMed” In this study, the antibody A3 identified quiescent post-progenitor epithelial and mesenchymal cells in developing rat hair follicles, suggesting it may help track the differentiation of these cells.
27 citations
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August 2014 in “Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology” This review highlights similarities in the development of thymus and skin epidermis, reporting no new results; the authors emphasize shared molecular mechanisms despite different embryonic origins.