February 2014 in “PubMed” This study reports that high-purity rHFSCs with strong proliferation and high VEGF165 expression can be efficiently obtained, facilitating tissue engineering applications like artificial hair follicles and skin construction.
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December 2022 in “BMC Genomics” This study found that the Msx2 gene may regulate goose feather follicle development by influencing cell viability and gene expression, with potential implications for improving down production.
January 2007 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” In this study, transient transfection of the HIF-1α gene into fibroblasts led to increased VEGF expression, which may enhance the growth and anagen phase of human hair follicles in vitro.
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May 2018 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review discusses genetically-engineered mouse models for studying melanocytes and reports no new experimental findings; it emphasizes their potential to address unanswered questions in melanoma biology.
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January 2017 in “Experimental Dermatology” In this study, deleting the Igf1 receptor in specific skin cells of mice affected hair follicle cycling but not overall skin health, suggesting Igf1r's role in hair cycle regulation through Bmp-4 activation.
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October 1985 in “Genetics Research” This study found that in chimaeric mice models, the pigment distribution and pattern were influenced by the sash genotype, demonstrating the melanocyte-autonomous nature of the beige and leaden loci.
January 2016 in “Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)” This study demonstrated that a light-activated RNAi approach using hollow gold nanoshells effectively targets human prostate cancer cells with reduced off-target toxicity and material use compared to standard methods.
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July 2017 in “Oncotarget” This study found that intermittent treatment with FTI lonafarnib and sulforaphane may be a promising therapeutic approach for children with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, as it improved the cellular phenotype.
November 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that UVB exposure led to visible tanning and distinct DNA methylation changes in pigmentation genes in tan-capable skin but not in non-tan skin, highlighting GNAS as a potentially UVB-responsive gene.
This study identified goat hair keratin gHaⅠ with strong expression in the cortex of hair follicles, showing high sequence homology to sheep keratin.
March 2023 in “Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy” This study found that GPR40 agonists may promote hair growth by inducing angiogenesis via specific molecular pathways in both cell and animal models, suggesting potential for hair loss treatment.
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May 1990 in “The EMBO Journal” Mice with extra sheep genes had hair that fell out and regrew in cycles.
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October 2011 in “BMC Cancer” This study found no evidence that HDGF expression transforms melanocytes into tumors in a mouse model, although it may play a role in cell differentiation and tumor progression.
March 2016 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study reported that EGFR activation leads to suppression of Stathmin, which may promote synchronized entry into catagen in hair follicles, highlighting potential mechanisms involving EGFR in hair cycle transitions.
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April 2021 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that Phytochrome A is crucial for regulating central metabolism and the transition to mature seedling proteomes in tomato seedlings grown under far-red light.
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March 2020 in “Animal Biotechnology” This research explored methods to obtain transgenic sheep embryos expressing synthetic spider silk genes in hair follicles using somatic cell nuclear transfer, with successful in-vitro development observed.
April 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, the researchers introduced a mutation in mice to mimic Olmsted syndrome and found that the mutation caused hair loss due to impaired keratinocyte differentiation and depletion of hair follicle stem cells.
January 2026 in “PLoS Biology” This study used developing mouse hair follicles to explore early epithelial bud formation, finding that the Rho GTPase regulator ARHGEF3 plays a crucial role in regulating cell fate and cadherin patterning, with knockouts showing disrupted morphology and increased straight hair follicle growth.
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June 2002 in “Transgenic Research” This study suggests that inducible transgenic mice showing hair follicle changes similar to telogen effluvium in humans might serve as a useful model for understanding this type of hair loss.
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January 1997 in “Mapping” This study suggests that Gambogic Amide may act as an anti-hair greying and hair growth-promoting molecule in human hair follicles in vitro by maintaining pigmentation and stimulating hair shaft elongation.
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September 2015 in “Protein expression and purification” This study demonstrated that safflower seeds can be engineered to express oleosin-FGF10, which showed a dose-dependent effect on cellular proliferation, potentially facilitating scalable protein production.
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January 2018 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study developed a mouse model to mimic PHGDH gene copy number gain, finding that increased PHGDH expression leads to abnormal melanin production, which may offer insights into its role in melanoma.
36 citations
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July 2004 in “Journal of Controlled Release” This study demonstrates that confocal laser scanning microscopy can effectively visualize the rapid diffusion and penetration pathway of a dye into the hair follicle in fresh human scalp skin.
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March 2004 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study describes GPRC5D's unique expression pattern in tissues that produce hard keratin, with retinoic acid inducing its expression in hair bulb cells and affecting keratin gene regulation.
July 2025 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This study highlights the potential of GPR30 and its selective agonists as promising therapeutic targets for treating hair loss disorders and conditions that respond to estrogen, emphasizing their role in modulating hair growth.
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April 2017 in “Lasers in surgery and medicine” This study found that blue light at a wavelength of 453 nm promoted hair growth ex vivo, potentially through interacting with OPN3 receptors in human hair follicles.
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January 2014 in “Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports” This study discovered that a specific G to C mutation in the ornithine aminotransferase gene is linked to the retarded hair growth phenotype in mice and may serve as a model for human gyrate atrophy.
March 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study established a Krt24-CreERT2 mouse line targeting outer bulge hair follicle stem cells, finding these cells crucial for hair follicle development and repair, particularly following ionizing radiation exposure.