57 citations
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February 2006 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Cylindromas likely originate from hair follicle stem cells, not sweat glands.
18 citations
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January 2009 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study proposes that mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) may connect various signaling pathways in hair follicle tumor formation, offering a potential unified model for understanding these tumors.
18 citations
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January 2013 in “Veterinary Dermatology” This study found that K15 is a useful marker for investigating the role of stem cells in canine hair follicle tumours, while nestin is not optimal.
5 citations
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August 2020 in “Curēus” This review systematically analyzed literature to differentiate desmoplastic trichoepitheliomas from other cutaneous tumors based on clinical, histopathological, and immunohistochemical features but reports no new clinical results.
1 citations
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October 2022 in “Veterinary pathology” This study found cutaneous keratinic amyloid deposition in dogs and identified cytokeratin 5 as an amyloid precursor protein, revealing new insights into the etiology of cutaneous amyloidosis.
1 citations
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January 2015 in “Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology” This report describes cases of trichoblastoma and trichoepithelioma in mixed-breed dogs, highlighting their distinct microscopic characteristics without suggesting broader clinical implications.
335 citations
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March 2004 in “Development” This study found that continuous β-catenin signaling in adult mouse epidermis can reprogram hair follicles to form benign tumors, which regress after the signaling is discontinued.
1 citations
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September 2011 in “UHOD : Uluslararası hematoloji - onkoloji dergisi” This study found no significant differences in age, sex, or histopathological characteristics for differentiating basal cell carcinoma from benign tumors of cutaneous appendages, complicating diagnosis.
This research suggests that plucked hair follicles may serve as a reliable surrogate tissue for tumor biopsies in drug development, based on a mouse model linking hair and tumor pharmacodynamic responses.
297 citations
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January 2002 in “Development” In this study, repressing β-catenin/Lef1 signalling in mouse epidermis led to progressive hair loss, dermal cysts, and spontaneous skin tumors with sebaceous differentiation, indicating altered keratinocyte differentiation and potential tumourigenic processes.
141 citations
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May 2007 in “Cancer Research” This study found that CD34 is necessary for TPA-induced activation of hair follicle stem cells and tumor formation in mice, with CD34 knockout mice showing delayed and reduced tumor development compared to wild-types.
This study found that chemically induced skin tumors in mice predominantly originated from Lgr6 + and/or Lrig1 + stem cells of the upper hair follicle rather than from other stem cell populations.
April 2008 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” The vitamin D receptor helps control hair growth and may protect against certain skin tumors.
76 citations
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March 2005 in “Cancer Research” This study in ND-GFP transgenic mice found doxorubicin inhibited both tumor angiogenesis and growth, visualized through dual-color fluorescence imaging of nascent blood vessels and melanoma cell lines.
8 citations
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April 2016 in “Experimental Dermatology” The researchers reported that in mice, the type of tumor suppressor deleted along with oncogenic Kras activation in HFSCs influenced the specific squamous cell carcinoma phenotype that developed.
8 citations
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August 2014 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” The study found that over-expressing ornithine decarboxylase in the outer root sheath of the hair follicle in mice increases UVB-induced tumor growth and invasive squamous cell carcinoma compared to inter-follicular epidermal keratinocytes.
3 citations
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January 2014 Collagen XVIII and Bmx tyrosine kinase are important for hair growth and skin cancer development.
January 2025 in “Medical Research Archives” This review highlights the multifaceted roles of hair follicles in skin health, emphasizing their contribution to skin tumorigenesis, homeostasis, and wound healing, and how dysregulation in associated pathways like Wnt, Hedgehog, and Notch may contribute to skin cancer development.
November 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that removing autophagy in keratinocytes led to increased skin inflammation, higher risk of skin tumors, and early hair follicle activation in mice.
January 2018 in “eScholarship (California Digital Library)” This study suggests that hair follicle stem cells have a unique metabolic profile that may play a critical role in their maintenance and response to cancer-related changes, potentially contributing to the "Warburg Effect.
April 2012 in “Cancer research” In this study, the authors found that targeting mTORC1 with rapamycin inhibited TPA-induced skin tumor promotion by affecting keratinocyte proliferation, including critical stem cell populations in the mouse epidermis.
17 citations
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January 2010 in “PubMed” CD10 helps distinguish between basal cell carcinoma and benign hair follicle tumors.
2 citations
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January 1989 in “The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology” This study found that seborrheic keratosis lesions contain high levels of hair sheath keratin, suggesting they may originate from the upper hair follicle.
February 2026 in “ImmunoTargets and Therapy” This study found that tumor immunotherapy, while effective against solid tumors, can disrupt the immune balance in hair follicles, causing follicular toxicity and alopecia, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to manage these adverse effects.
127 citations
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January 2008 in “PloS one” This study observed that the vitamin D receptor is crucial for hair follicle formation and altering tumor development in the Wnt signaling pathway, suggesting therapeutic potential for vitamin D analogues in related tumors.
January 2002 in “NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries)” This study found that skin is a significant site for estrogen production in mice, impacting both hair cycle regulation and sensitivity to chemical carcinogenesis.
15 citations
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January 2008 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas” This study found that immunohistochemistry for calretinin may identify certain cutaneous adnexal tumors with follicular differentiation towards cells of the outer root sheath.
4 citations
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January 2019 in “Journal of cutaneous pathology” This study found that phospho-S6 is strongly expressed in malignant hair follicle tumors but only patchily in a minority of benign tumors, indicating a potential marker for distinguishing between the two.
85 citations
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July 1993 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” 52 citations
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September 2012 in “Oncogene”