June 2020 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study observed that human primary adult hair matrix keratinocytes may have the potential to generate hair follicle organoids, suggesting possible applications in hair follicle neogenesis and preclinical hair growth agent screening.
98 citations
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December 1991 in “Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences” This study found that conserved DNA motifs and expression patterns in keratin genes suggest functional regulatory similarities in hair follicle differentiation across different mammalian species.
January 2021 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” This study found that GDNF promotes hair formation and wound repair in mice by enhancing the function of bulge stem cells.
300 citations
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August 2012 in “Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology” This review discusses mesenchymal–epithelial interactions in hair follicle development and cycling, highlighting recent insights without reporting new experimental results.
19 citations
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September 2013 in “Molecular Medicine Reports” In this study, researchers developed a method to efficiently derive contractile smooth muscle cells from human hair follicle stem cells using TGF-β1 and PDGF-BB, which may advance vascular tissue engineering.
14 citations
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January 2018 in “Scientific reports” This study demonstrated that bioluminescence imaging of NG2+ cells in transgenic rats allows in vivo monitoring of hair follicle cycles to study hair growth and follicle regeneration.
November 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study in live mice suggests that hair follicle regression involves apoptosis propagation towards stem cells, potentially slowed by a protective signal from the stem cells themselves.
83 citations
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January 2015 in “World Journal of Stem Cells” This review discusses current experimental approaches for regenerating human hair follicles using tissue engineering and isolated cells, but reports no successful strategies with adult cells yet found.
54 citations
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June 2003 in “The journal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings/The Journal of investigative dermatology symposium proceedings” This speculative review discusses hair cycle-dependent fibroblast dynamics and possible impacts on human hair growth, synthesizing current literature without presenting new clinical findings.
3 citations
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July 2024 in “Cell Proliferation” In this study, a wound-induced skin fibrosis model in mice revealed that TGFβ signaling plays a pivotal role in maintaining fibrogenic characteristics in dermal adipocyte progenitors, which could inform new therapeutic approaches for fibrotic skin conditions such as scleroderma.
8 citations
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November 2020 in “Nature Communications” This study demonstrates that Tp63-expressing epithelial stem cells from non-skin tissues can respond to skin morphogenetic signals and contribute to the formation of hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and epidermis.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that the dermal sheath smooth muscle regulates hair follicle progenitor cell death during hair regression through mechanical signaling of the TGF-β pathway.
November 2022 in “Regenerative Therapy” This review discusses various tissue engineering approaches for hair follicle regeneration and biomaterials used, emphasizing its potential despite current clinical challenges.
67 citations
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February 1994 in “Developmental dynamics” This study analyzed the distribution of adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix components in human fetal skin, suggesting their roles in hair follicle development.
70 citations
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April 2020 in “Journal of Molecular Cell Biology” This review summarizes recent advances in organoid technology for generating tissue models from the three germ layers and reports no new experimental results.
60 citations
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March 2009 in “Dermato-Endocrinology” This review highlights recent findings on the importance of signalling pathways in sebaceous gland morphogenesis and differentiation, but reports no new clinical results.
9 citations
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March 2019 in “Science” Blocking cell death in certain stem cells can improve wound healing and tissue regeneration.
37 citations
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April 2015 in “Development Growth & Differentiation” This article introduces the concept of organ size control in regeneration, regulated by the Hippo signaling pathway, but reports no new experimental results.
EGF and FGF signaling stops hair follicle development in mice.
82 citations
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May 2009 in “Development” This study found that downregulation of EGF and KGF signaling is necessary for hair follicle initiation in placodes, revealing a new role for KGF in hair follicle formation in mice.
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.
1010 citations
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August 2000 in “Cell” In this study, researchers found that hair follicle stem cells in mice can generate both hair follicle and epidermis cells, highlighting their potential bipotency.
14 citations
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January 2011 in “The International Journal of Developmental Biology” This study showed that coexpression of TG2 and Gbx1 in the epidermis is necessary for esophagus-like mucosal transdifferentiation, with TGF-beta2 in the dermis essential for the process through epithelial-mesenchymal interaction.
11 citations
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March 2020 in “Immunology” This study reports that immunologically inert and skewed immune cell populations in developing human skin may contribute to wound healing and structural changes during skin development.
143 citations
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January 2012 in “Cell and Tissue Research”
1 citations
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June 2022 in “Experimental dermatology” This study found that SHJH hr mice, with a Hairless gene mutation, exhibit accelerated skin aging potentially due to poor antioxidative protection, highlighting the Hr gene's role in skin aging.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found rapid changes in gene expression in mouse skin cells from the fetal to early postnatal stages, identifying specific markers for different fibroblast types and driver genes in dermal cell differentiation.
13 citations
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November 1959 in “Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences” Human hair follicles can grow back.
40 citations
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August 2018 in “Disease Models & Mechanisms” This review discusses cellular plasticity in skin and intestine, hypothesizing that mature cell reprogramming might contribute to tumorigenesis, and reports no new clinical results.
This study demonstrates that the trichohyalin gene is located at chromosomal region 1q21, where several other genes related to epidermal differentiation also map.