May 2023 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study observed that the Hedgehog-GLI1 signaling pathway is upregulated in keloid patient–derived stem cells, and inhibiting this pathway reduced keloid characteristics in both mice and ex vivo tissue cultures, suggesting potential therapeutic targets for keloid treatment.
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June 1999 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study observed hair-specific transcription of a reporter gene in transgenic mice, with increased expression after dexamethasone and ultraviolet B treatment.
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March 2014 in “Cell death and differentiation” This study indicated that abnormal Bmp signaling in β-catenin gain-of-function mutants is associated with anorectal malformations, shedding light on potential mechanisms underlying these congenital conditions.
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June 2012 in “Stem Cells” This study found that depletion of TACE in mouse hair follicles led to impaired stem cell maintenance and hair loss, implicating TACE and EGFR signaling in hair follicle stem cell homeostasis.
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December 1992 in “The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” In this study, researchers observed that testicular 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency in an inbred Arab population in Israel leads to genital ambiguity at birth and progressive virilization after puberty.
June 2025 in “Preprints.org” This review examines the complex role of the Ectodysplasin-A pathway in skeletal morphogenesis, emphasizing its interaction with other key signaling pathways, and reports no new experimental findings.
This study found that ocu-miR-205 influences hair follicle density in Rex rabbits by promoting dermal papilla cell apoptosis and transforming hair follicles from growth to resting phases through signaling pathway modulation.
July 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study suggests that Myelin Protein Zero-like 3 plays a crucial role in hair follicle cycling by regulating anagen and catagen phases, mediated through mitochondrial signaling mechanisms in both human and murine hair follicles.
2 citations
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December 2025 in “Nature Communications” This study found that the repressive histone mark H2AK119ub links inhibitory FGF signals with the quiescent state in hair follicle stem cells, revealing a signaling-epigenetic axis crucial for maintaining stem cell quiescence and tissue homeostasis.
5 citations
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May 2023 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This study used single-cell techniques and lineage tracing to reveal that integrin α6 expression in neural crest cells can differentiate them into Schwann cells, melanocytes, and fibroblasts in skin, identifying integrin α6 as a potential marker for these derivatives.
35 citations
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April 2008 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” This study found that the lack of expression and deletion of specific hair keratin genes on chromosome 7q36 in Hirosaki hairless rats suggests the crucial role of these genes in hair growth.
July 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that Dkk4-knockout mice exhibited disrupted hair follicle patterning, including a lack of the first wave of hair follicles in the lateral back skin.
March 2023 in “Asian Journal of Beauty and Cosmetology” This study found that the herbal extract HX109 promoted hair growth in mice by increasing cell viability and enhancing hair regrowth, with the effects increasing as doses rose.
22 citations
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April 2010 in “Journal of Cellular Biochemistry” This study concluded that the hairless protein interacts with the vitamin D receptor to repress transcription crucial for hair cycling, employing multiple protein interfaces and modulating chromatin structure.
September 2022 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that overexpressing Rps14 in supporting cells promoted hair cell regeneration in the organ of Corti by facilitating cell proliferation and differentiation.
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February 2005 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
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April 2018 in “Animal Genetics” This study identified two significant genomic regions potentially involved in hair development and growth in Casertana pigs, highlighting FOXN3 and ARHGEF10 as candidate genes associated with a hairless phenotype.
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January 2024 in “Poultry Science” This study demonstrated that FOXO3 influences feather follicle development in goose embryos by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in dermal fibroblasts, resulting in changes to feather size and structure without altering follicle density.
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August 2025 in “Epigenetics & Chromatin” This study explored the role of the histone modification H3K4me3 in cashmere goat dermal papilla cells, finding that increased levels enhanced cell proliferation and activated Wnt signaling genes, suggesting H3K4me3's involvement in hair follicle development through regulation of the gene RSPO3.
February 2026 in “Frontiers in Medicine” In this case report, a three-generation family with Gorlin-Goltz syndrome showed a heterozygous PTCH1 splice-donor variant associated with the disease, and two affected relatives benefited from individualized, side-effect-guided dosing of the drug sonidegib, experiencing regression of basal cell carcinoma lesions.
33 citations
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June 2017 in “Developmental Biology” This study found that local refinement of hair follicles into higher order patterns can occur without the core planar cell polarity system, but global alignment with body axes requires its function throughout development and regeneration.
2 citations
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August 2020 in “CRC Press eBooks” This article discusses the impact of the tabby mutation on secondary vibrissae and hair follicle patterns in mice and reports no new clinical results.
November 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study suggests that human dermal papilla cells respond to hypoxia by increasing the expression of HIFs, TGF-β2, and BMP4, which may influence hair cycle regulation.
43 citations
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November 2018 in “Nature Communications” This genome-wide association study identified 20 genetic signals at 15 risk loci related to severe acne, revealing new insights into its genetic predisposition, particularly affecting skin structure and maintenance.
26 citations
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October 2002 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identifies a mutation in the hairless gene that may impact thyroid receptor interaction, contributing to alopecia universalis congenita in an Arab Israeli patient.
December 2023 in “Communications biology” This study found that inhibiting the HEDGEHOG-GLI1 pathway could reduce keloid size and gene expression, suggesting it as a potential therapeutic target for keloid pathogenesis.
January 2018 in “VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University)” In this study using Xenopus laevis embryos, reduced levels of the desmosomal protein desmoplakin led to defects in epidermal and cardiac structures, suggesting its crucial role in tissue integrity.
July 2024 in “PLANT PHYSIOLOGY” In this study on Arabidopsis, the researchers identified CIPK13 and CIPK18 as crucial genes for root hair growth, finding that deficiencies in these genes resulted in shorter root hairs and reduced growth rates due to altered calcium oscillations.
92 citations
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November 2006 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” This study found that transgenic mice overexpressing the BMP antagonist noggin showed increased hair follicle size and altered hair type, linked to changes in cell proliferation and gene expression.
243 citations
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October 2003 in “Developmental biology” This study identified ectodin as a novel BMP inhibitor that modulates BMP signaling in ectodermal development by interacting with SHH and FGF pathways.