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November 2011 in “Nature” The circadian clock affects skin stem cell behavior, impacting aging and cancer risk.
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April 2018 in “Nature Reviews Urology” Male genital development is driven by androgen signaling and understanding it could help address congenital anomalies.
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December 2019 in “Biomedical dermatology” Sonic hedgehog proteins may help grow hair.
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October 2020 in “PubMed” Azelaic acid helps protect hair cells from UV damage and encourages hair growth by increasing certain gene expressions and proteins.
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March 2008 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” GLI2 increases follistatin production in human skin cells.
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October 2015 in “Science Advances” Blocking JAK-STAT signaling can lead to hair growth.
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April 2014 in “Stem cells” The study found stem cells in minor salivary glands that can differentiate and are involved in tumor formation when exposed to tobacco.
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July 2001 in “Cell” Cells from certain embryo parts can induce head formation in another embryo, involving complex signaling pathways.
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January 2021 in “iScience” Using a combination of specific cell cycle regulators is better for safely keeping hair root cells alive indefinitely compared to cancer-related methods.
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January 2020 in “Elsevier eBooks” Forensic medicine is crucial for justice and needs continuous innovation and technology integration.
December 2023 in “Communications biology” Targeting the HEDGEHOG-GLI1 pathway could help treat keloids.
October 2023 in “Frontiers in endocrinology” Effective PCOS treatments require targeting specific signaling pathways.
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December 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” Keeping β-catenin levels high in mammary cells disrupts their development and branching.
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February 2014 in “PloS one” Eyelid cells share signaling components but differ in pathway activity.
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March 2004 in “Journal of Clinical Investigation” Inhibiting ornithine decarboxylase may help prevent certain skin cancers.
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March 2004 in “Journal of Clinical Investigation” Targeting ornithine decarboxylase can help prevent skin cancer.
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June 2023 in “Journal of developmental biology” The skin systems of jawed vertebrates evolved diverse appendages like hair and scales from a common structure over 420 million years ago.
December 2022 in “IntechOpen eBooks” Forensic DNA Phenotyping accurately predicts physical traits and is used in investigations, but needs more diverse population data for confirmation.
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December 2012 in “Current opinion in genetics & development” Turing patterns are now recognized as important in developmental biology.
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December 2019 in “Frontiers in genetics” GLI1 might protect against the start of skin cancer and is not linked to cancer severity.
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September 2010 in “Cancer Prevention Research” The research suggests new treatments for skin cancer could target specific cell growth pathways.
396 citations,
May 2011 in “Cell stem cell” Nerve signals are crucial for hair follicle stem cells to become skin stem cells and help in wound healing.
158 citations,
August 2011 in “Reviews in endocrine and metabolic disorders” Vitamin D and its receptor regulate skin functions like cell growth, immunity, hair cycle, and tumor prevention.
103 citations,
November 2014 in “Journal of Cell Biology” MicroRNA-214 is important for skin and hair growth because it affects the Wnt pathway.
41 citations,
December 2018 in “Experimental Dermatology” Understanding how melanocyte stem cells work could lead to new treatments for hair graying and skin pigmentation disorders.
6 citations,
May 2013 in “PloS one” The Foxn1(-/-) nude mouse shows disrupted and expanded skin stem cell areas due to high Lhx2 levels.
1 citations,
March 2024 in “Signal transduction and targeted therapy” NF-κB signaling is crucial in many diseases and can be targeted for new treatments.