40 citations
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January 2009 in “Skin Pharmacology and Physiology” This review discusses the potential use of cultured primary fetal cells from a single organ donation to produce therapeutic products, emphasizing the need for process consistency and safety verification, but reports no clinical results.
August 2025 in “Biomaterials” In this study, researchers developed a novel therapy using the secretome of human fetal cartilage progenitor cells, which successfully regenerated functional hair follicles in animal models and significantly increased hair regrowth, suggesting potential as a new treatment for androgenic alopecia.
8 citations
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November 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This study reported that exogenous R-spondin-1 can restore hair follicle neogenesis in adult mouse cells, highlighting differences in gene expression and signaling pathways between fetal and adult dermal papilla cells.
January 2007 in “Zhonghua shiyan waike zazhi” This study found that cutaneous stem cells in the basal layer of fetal human skin contribute to the development of the epidermis and hair follicles, with specific marker expressions during different stages of skin development.
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.
January 2024 in “International Journal of Trichology” In this laboratory study, researchers found that human platelet-rich plasma (hPRP) significantly improved the proliferation and hair-inductive capacity of human dermal papilla cells (hDPCs) compared to fetal bovine serum, suggesting hPRP as a potential substitute for FBS in expanding hDPCs for clinical hair regeneration therapies.
47 citations
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June 2013 in “Biology of blood and marrow transplantation” This study presents a new mouse model for investigating chronic graft-versus-host disease, highlighting the role of human thymic tissue in developing multiorgan fibrosis driven by human immune cells.
3 citations
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February 2014 in “Advances in Stem Cells” This study concluded that placental mesenchymal stem cells from aborted fetal tissue may serve as an in vitro model for studying spontaneous abortion mechanisms and potential regenerative therapies due to their abnormal gene expression and differentiation capabilities.
January 2025 in “SSRN Electronic Journal” 10 citations
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December 1990 in “Archives of Dermatological Research”
April 2026 in “Experimental & Molecular Medicine” This study used integrated single-cell chromatin and transcriptomic analyses in developing mouse skin to uncover gene networks involved in skin lineage specification and identified Mef2c+ upper fibroblasts as potential precursors to certain muscle-like structures, with cross-species findings in human skin.
2 citations
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June 2013 in “In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal” This study successfully cultured human fetal hair follicle-derived melanocytes, which showed high proliferative capabilities and unique morphological characteristics compared to adult-derived cells, potentially advancing hair disease research.
April 2023 in “Egyptian journal of Immunology” This study found that human platelet lysate supported mesenchymal stem cell growth as effectively as fetal bovine serum, while fetal bovine serum was more effective for hepatocyte proliferation.
11 citations
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July 2017 in “Regenerative Medicine” This study found that the patch assay effectively reconstituted mature hair follicles using culture-expanded human fetal cells and may serve as a method to assess cell trichogenicity.
1 citations
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June 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, researchers identified unique prenatal lymphocyte features in human fetal skin, including proliferative naive T cells and memory-like T cells, which may influence antigen and allergen responses in utero and infancy.
39 citations
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March 2022 in “Nature Protocols” This study describes a protocol for generating hair-bearing skin organoids from human pluripotent stem cells, achieving full complexity resembling fetal skin tissue by day 130 in vitro.
34 citations
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December 1988 in “Pigment Cell Research” This article explores the use of monoclonal antibodies to study the presence and distribution patterns of melanocytes in developing human skin, but reports no new clinical results.
7 citations
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December 2016 in “Journal of The Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers” This study found that porcine platelet-rich plasma can be a commercially viable replacement for fetal bovine serum with similar effectiveness in promoting human hair follicle cell growth.
3 citations
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January 2016 in “International Journal of Trichology” This study found that soluble factors secreted by ovine dermal papilla cells enhance the aggregative behavior of human dermal papilla cells, potentially improving their follicle-inductive properties for hair replacement therapy.
May 2026 in “Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU” This study concluded that human epidermal stem cells cultured in MEM-α and EpiLife media with growth factors show high proliferation potential and plasticity, suggesting potential use in skin regenerative medicine.
February 2017 in “Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University)” This study confirmed porcine PRP's commercial viability as a fetal bovine serum replacement, showing higher growth factor levels and stability, without increasing human follicle dermal papilla cell proliferation compared to FBS.
January 2015 in “Spectrum Research Repository (Concordia University)” This study confirmed that porcine platelet-rich plasma could commercially replace fetal bovine serum due to its higher growth factor levels and effectiveness as a hair growth promoter comparable to existing serum.
15 citations
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September 1999 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study found that epimorphin is closely linked to developing hair follicles in human fetuses, suggesting it plays a significant role in hair follicle morphogenesis.
26 citations
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January 2019 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study developed an in vitro system to analyze human skin progenitor cells' ability to form hair peg-like structures, providing insights for engineering hair follicle organoids.
39 citations
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January 1997 in “Pharmacology & toxicology” This study found that human keratinocytes' sensitivity and response to vitamin D3 analogues vary based on cell density, serum availability, and calcium concentration.
25 citations
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July 2008 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study observed dynamic changes in CD10 and CD34 expression in fetal and adult human hair follicles during embryogenesis and hair cycling.
March 2009 in “Chinese Journal of Dermatology” This study observed that melanocytes in the outer root sheath of fetal scalp hair follicles may act as stem cells, showing rapid proliferation but immature function and morphology in culture.
5 citations
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July 2018 in “Experimental Dermatology” In this study, researchers developed a relatively simple punch assay for regenerating hair follicles using mouse or human cells, finding efficient hair formation with mouse cells but low efficiency with human cells on reconstituted human skin.
2 citations
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September 2018 in “Tissue Engineering Part A” This study found that injecting xeno-free, three-dimensional cell masses from human adipose-derived stem cells improved blood perfusion and preserved limb function in mice without causing tumors or toxicity, suggesting potential for treating severe ischemic diseases.
245 citations
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April 2009 in “Circulation Research” This study found that human fetal CD133+ progenitor cells and their conditioned medium accelerated wound healing and promoted angiogenesis in a mouse model of ischemic diabetic ulcers through paracrine mechanisms involving Wnt signaling.