10 citations
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September 2021 in “American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A” This study on Qatari patients with Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome highlights the high incidence and diverse clinical presentation due to a specific genetic variant, emphasizing early diagnosis for effective management.
9 citations
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October 2022 in “Journal of Molecular Neuroscience” This study reports a novel LSS gene mutation in an Egyptian family with alopecia intellectual disability syndrome 4, expanding the known clinical and genetic features of the condition.
March 2025 in “JEADV Clinical Practice” This article explores the role of ketoconazole shampoo in hair care beyond treating dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis, suggesting it may reduce hair shedding and chronic scalp inflammation, potentially complementing treatments for androgenetic alopecia.
July 2016 in “Dermatologie pro praxi” This article discusses the use of Espumil foam base in pharmacies for preparing dermatological medications and reports no new clinical results.
36 citations
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June 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This review examines the increasing clinical applications of dermoscopy in diagnosing various skin conditions and highlights its potential to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce unnecessary histologic confirmation.
5 citations
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March 2023 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This review discusses the use of trichoscopy for diagnosing systemic diseases and concludes that certain trichoscopic features may help dermatologists suspect these conditions.
27 citations
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October 2020 in “Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy” This study found that transplanting hair follicle bulge-derived stem cells in rats enhanced skin regeneration during expansion by differentiating into several skin-related cells and increasing the expression of growth factors.
August 2024 in “Clinical & experimental pathology” This research highlights significant advancements in forensic DNA phenotyping, enabling predictions of physical traits, ancestry, and age from crime scene DNA, but notes that further research and validation are needed for greater accuracy and reliability.
June 2024 in “Bőrgyógyászati és Venerológiai Szemle” In this article, the authors review the most effective current treatments for hair loss, such as Janus Kinase Inhibitors, Platelet Rich Plasma, anti-androgens, and minoxidil, highlighting the expanding therapeutic options for alopecia.
January 2024 in “Brazilian Journal of Hair Health” This source highlights an increase in alopecia research over three decades, with key progress in understanding conditions like Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia and treatment efficacy. It also announces the Brazilian Journal of Hair Health's launch to share knowledge and support hair health developments.
May 2020 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article introduces a revised NPRT classification system that includes diverse patterns of hair loss in both men and women, suggesting it as a universal tool for classification and documentation.
172 citations
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March 2019 in “The EMBO Journal” This study found that in Arabidopsis thaliana, the interaction between extracellular leucine-rich repeat extensins and the receptor-like kinase FERONIA helps control vacuolar expansion, crucial for cellular elongation.
119 citations
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August 2008 in “BMC Evolutionary Biology” This study found that while the KRTAP gene family is unique to mammals, humans have a similar number of these hair gene types as other primates despite having less body hair.
80 citations
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December 1996 in “Pain” This study found that spinal strychnine enhances low threshold tactile responses in cat dorsal horn neurons, which may mirror pain states in humans that are less responsive to opioid treatments.
75 citations
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August 2011 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that cultured human dermal papilla cells formed into three-dimensional spheres have an increased ability to induce hair follicles from mouse epidermal cells compared to two-dimensional cultures.
71 citations
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January 2012 in “PloS one” This study observed that after hair cell loss in the mouse cochlea, supporting cells were replaced by migrating non-specialised cells, with genetic background affecting the rate of tissue re-organization.
63 citations
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September 2009 in “Regenerative Medicine” This study developed a method for expanding human dermal papilla cells in vitro while maintaining their ability to induce hair growth, advancing the potential for follicular cell implantation as a treatment for hair loss.
21 citations
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March 2015 in “Neurological Sciences” This study reports that a novel frameshift mutation in the HTRA1 gene in a CARASIL pedigree led to reduced HTRA1 protein and increased TGF-β1 expression, potentially causing severe CARASIL and peripheral small arterial disease.
19 citations
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October 2019 in “Dermatology Practical & Conceptual” This review discusses the expanding applications of dermoscopy in dermatological diagnosis beyond its initial use for detecting dysplastic nevi and reports no new clinical results.
15 citations
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April 2011 in “Biological Chemistry” This study found that Cathepsin E plays a crucial role in keratinocyte terminal differentiation, affecting epidermis formation and homeostasis in mice.
13 citations
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January 2022 in “Stem cell reviews and reports” This study found that using cultured mesenchymal stem cells from mouse whisker hair follicle outer root sheath in wound healing reduced inflammation, accelerated closure, and resulted in less hypertrophic scarring in mice.
12 citations
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September 2021 in “Stem Cell Reviews and Reports” This study suggests that StemMACS MSC Expansion Media is more suitable than PowerStem MSC1 media for expanding therapeutic adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, with less expression of negative markers and better chromosomal stability.
10 citations
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October 1981 in “Archives of Dermatology” This case report describes a 36-year-old man with tinea incognito manifesting as asymptomatic, flat patches of alopecia, which did not improve with standard treatments.
6 citations
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February 2010 in “Biotechnology and bioprocess engineering” This study investigated optimizing the differentiation process of UC-MSCs into dermal papilla-like tissues for potential hair follicle therapy and highlighted the potential to reduce associated costs by evaluating cell density and growth factors.
3 citations
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December 2017 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” In this case study, researchers observed reversible scalp hair loss associated with centrifugal lipodystrophy, potentially linked to altered leptin expression in inflamed adipose tissue.
3 citations
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June 2017 in “Journal of Biomaterials Applications” This study demonstrated that keratin extract can stimulate hair growth by inducing the anagen phase in telogenic mice.
2 citations
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August 2023 in “Autophagy” In this study, researchers found that keratinocyte-specific deletion of the autophagy mediator Atg16l1 in mice heightened skin inflammation and cancer responses, altered hair follicle stem cell activity, and sensitized keratinocytes to cell death.
1 citations
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February 2023 in “ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering” This study found that using a microwell array device to expand hair follicle stem cells in Matrigel significantly increased cell numbers and enhanced hair regeneration in mice.
1 citations
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January 2021 This review discusses the historical development and dermatological applications of platelet-rich plasma, emphasizing its potential for treating androgenic alopecia and other skin conditions, but reports no new clinical results.
1 citations
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January 2017 in “Science” In this study, researchers used iron ion coordination to successfully create a molecular knot with three organic ligand strands and eight crossings.