184 citations
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November 2014 in “Developmental Cell” This study identifies a bipotent stem cell in adult hair follicles that self-renews and contributes to dermal sheath and papilla cell populations, potentially aiding hair regrowth after injury, disease, or aging.
53 citations
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September 2013 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study suggests that cultured hair follicle dermal sheath cup cells exhibit immune privilege properties, partly through the expression of PD-L1, which impacts co-cultured immune cells' behavior.
1 citations
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November 2022 in “International journal of molecular sciences” This study found that local injections of fetal tissue mesenchymal stromal cells in mice significantly improved healing and hair follicle density after high-dose radiation-induced skin damage.
1 citations
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March 2022 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” This study found that HIF-P4H-2 function in FoxD1-lineage cells is crucial for normal hair follicle development and homeostasis in mice, implicating disrupted HIF, TGF-β, and Notch signaling pathways in associated defects.
1 citations
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January 2020 in “Microscopy research” This study found that hair follicle stem cells from the bulge region in mice and humans can be isolated and cultured to maintain their phenotype and high proliferative capacity, suggesting their potential as an accessible source for tissue engineering and regenerative therapies.
March 2022 in “Indian Journal of Animal Research” In this study, canine hair follicle stem cells were shown to be multipotent, capable of differentiating into various cell types like adipocytes in vitro.
12 citations
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February 2023 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” This study found that injecting hepatocyte growth factor-enhanced hair follicle stem cells into a rat model of ischemic stroke improved recovery by reducing inflammation, protecting the blood-brain barrier, and promoting angiogenesis.
23 citations
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April 2016 in “Journal of Visualized Experiments” This research details a robust method for isolating hair follicle stem cells and epidermal keratinocytes from mouse hair follicles using fluorescence activated cell-sorting technology.
April 2017 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” According to this study, human scalp hair follicles containing pluripotent stem cells demonstrated the ability to differentiate into cardiac muscle cells and other cell types, suggesting potential applications in heart and nerve regeneration.
35 citations
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February 2015 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that human follicle dermal papilla cells promote survival, proliferation, and tubulogenesis of microvascular endothelial cells, highlighting their significant role in hair follicle vascular remodeling.
April 2025 in “Cellular and Molecular Biology” This study found that human dermal stem/progenitor cells demonstrated greater proliferation and differentiation potential than hair follicle dermal papilla cells, which showed increased expression of hair regeneration markers.
13 citations
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May 2017 in “Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology” This study outlines a method to isolate hair follicle stem cells from mouse skin using fluorescence activated cell-sorting for use in research models, but reports no experimental findings.
7 citations
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February 2025 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” In a study using a mouse model, HF-MSCs were reported to enhance ovarian function in cyclophosphamide-induced premature ovarian failure more effectively than HU-MSCs, potentially by preventing ferroptosis in granulosa cells via the KEAP1/NRF2/HO-1 pathway.
1 citations
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July 2025 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that CD133-positive dermal papilla cells significantly enhanced hair growth in mice compared to CD133-negative cells, suggesting their potential for improving human hair follicle engineering.
1 citations
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September 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that combining human dermal papilla fibroblasts with hair matrix cells formed organoids capable of limited hair follicle development in ex vivo skin, but not fully formed hair follicles.
September 2015 in “International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery” This article discusses the role of hair follicle stem cells in potential breakthroughs for hair cloning and follicular cell implantation, but reports no new clinical findings.
8 citations
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January 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, researchers analyzing human fetal skin fibroblasts found eight distinct populations with developmental stage-specific abundance, identifying markers linked to fibroblast functions in blood vessel development, dermal layers, and hair follicle maturation.
2 citations
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February 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, researchers found that correcting the HGPS mutation with Adenine base editing partially rescued accelerated skin cell differentiation and reduced cell death in patient-derived stem cells.
16 citations
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February 2019 in “Gene” This study describes two methods for isolating hair follicle stem cells from newborn Yangtze River Delta White Goats, highlighting differences in cell viability and marker protein expression between the methods.
10 citations
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January 2013 in “Stem Cells and Development” This study suggests that dermal stem/progenitor cells can be enriched by intracellular granularity and display high proliferation and differentiation potential in vitro, distinguishing them from other fibroblasts and progenitors.
1 citations
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March 2019 in “International Journal of Molecular Medicine” This study demonstrated that hair follicle cells can be induced to differentiate into cardiomyocyte-like cells in vitro, exhibiting characteristics and spontaneous beating typical of cardiac muscle, without genetic modification.
1 citations
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May 2022 in “International journal of molecular sciences” This study found that in Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome, iPSCs committed to the keratinocyte lineage faster than normal cells, with LEF1 expression reduced and a partial rescue of the phenotype achieved through adenine base editing.
64 citations
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January 2013 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that ectodermal precursor cells derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells may enhance hair follicle morphogenesis through improved epithelial-mesenchymal interactions when cocultured with dermal cells.
April 2020 in “Journal of animal research” In this study, researchers identified hair follicle stem cells in the bulge region of canine hair follicles, suggesting potential applications for future translational research.
6 citations
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July 2009 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This review examines recent research on hair follicle stem cells, focusing on their maintenance, differentiation, and the potential for new follicle generation, but it reports no new experimental results.
13 citations
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February 2024 in “World Journal of Stem Cells” This review examined the role of molecular markers in isolating and tracing hair follicle stem cells, emphasizing their regulatory roles as revealed by single-cell transcriptomics data.
1 citations
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March 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that Dermal Fibroblast Progenitors have repressed chromatin profiles which hinder their ability to reform skin in allograft assays despite their differentiation potential.
September 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study suggests that human skin contains distinct fibroblast subsets with unique expression profiles and functions, which can be isolated to investigate their role in skin pathogenesis.
20 citations
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March 2014 in “PubMed” This review describes recent advances in the study of epidermal stem cells and their importance in regenerative medicine and skin tissue engineering, but provides no new clinical results.
November 2025 in “Biomolecules” This study found that overexpressing FGF22 in dermal papilla cells enhanced hair follicle stem cell proliferation and viability, while its knockout reduced these attributes, indicating its role in hair follicle regeneration.