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December 2024 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study suggests that combining baricitinib with narrowband UV-B therapy is an effective and well-tolerated approach for treating active nonsegmental vitiligo.
November 2025 in “Mendeley Data” This study observed that JAK inhibitors were safe and effective for patients with moderate-to-severe alopecia areata and comorbid latent hepatitis B or stable tuberculosis, with careful monitoring and selective prophylaxis.
April 2026 in “Dermatology and Therapy” This study evaluated baricitinib 4 mg treatment in severe to very severe alopecia areata, reporting significant scalp hair regrowth by Week 52, especially in short-duration episodes, suggesting treatment should continue for at least a year before assessing failure.
This study found that more than half of patients with severe alopecia areata who reduced their baricitinib dose from 4mg to 2mg maintained a clinical response for up to 2 years.
9 citations
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April 2009 in “Dermatologic surgery” Infrared light might help treat stubborn alopecia areata.
5 citations
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January 2016 in “BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences” This study observed that Kasisa Bhasma is safer and less toxic than Shodhita Kasisa, particularly at higher doses, when administered to experimental rats.
27 citations
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July 1946 in “The journal of nutrition/The Journal of nutrition” This study found that adding inositol or biotin to a pig's diet without sulfathalidine had no effect on growth or feed efficiency, but both helped alleviate deficiency symptoms caused by sulfathalidine.
October 2025 in “International Journal of Dermatology” In this study, 49% of patients with alopecia areata achieved a significant response to baricitinib, with a lower baseline severity, shorter disease duration, and longer treatment duration identified as significant predictors of treatment success.
In this study on mice, a baricitinib-loaded microneedle patch enhanced hair growth in alopecia areata lesions (68% vs control: 33%, p < 0.05), suggesting it may deliver treatment effectively and pain-free, with fewer systemic side effects.
This study identified that α-ketobutyrate (α-KB) extends lifespan and improves health markers in Caenorhabditis elegans and aged mice by modulating pyruvate metabolism and activating AMPK pathways, with potential implications for human anti-aging treatments.
November 2025 in “Chemistry - An Asian Journal” This perspective reviews enzyme-instructed self-assembly (EISA) as a conceptual framework for supramolecular chemical biology, emphasizing its innovative role in developing adaptive biomaterials and synthetic cellular machines without providing new experimental results.
January 2025 in “The Journal of Dermatology” In this study at Tohoku University Hospital, 41% of severe alopecia areata patients achieved significant hair regrowth with baricitinib treatment over 9 months, with predictors of better outcomes including shorter disease duration, female sex, initial mild disease, certain alopecia types, and prior IVMP therapy.
June 2026 in “Frontiers in Oncology” In this study, researchers analyzed adverse event reports from the FAERS database to identify safety concerns associated with ipilimumab in elderly patients, noting common issues like gastrointestinal events and new signals such as orchitis and alopecia areata, with timing influenced by body weight.
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November 2023 in “JAAD Case Reports” This study highlights the recent FDA approval of baricitinib as the first on-label treatment for severe alopecia areata, whereas previous treatments were off-label therapies like systemic steroids and immunosuppressants.
6 citations
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October 2003 in “Journal of applied polymer science” This study found that using poly(ethylene imine) as a counterion reagent improved the colorability and shampoo fastness of bleached human hair when dyed with an acid dye.
September 2022 in “Hair transplant forum international” This review discusses the FDA-approved JAK inhibitor baricitinib as a treatment for alopecia areata, highlighting its dosing regimen, clinical challenges, and the need for additional safety data while exploring the potential of other topical and sublingual JAK inhibitors under investigation.
March 2026 in “Immunological Medicine” This review discusses the use of Janus kinase inhibitors for severe alopecia areata in Japan, noting their effectiveness in some patients but highlighting the need for new therapies due to non-responsiveness and relapse in others; it reports no new clinical results.
September 2023 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” At Week-104 of the BRAVE-AA2 trial, this study found that 90.2% of severe alopecia areata patients who continued on baricitinib 4mg maintained hair regrowth, whereas 45.2% of those who reduced their dosage to 2mg experienced a loss of treatment benefit.
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July 2023 in “JAAD Case Reports” This review discusses the potential role of a PADI3 gene variant in central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia among African-American women but reports no new clinical results.
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September 2010 in “Cancer Prevention Research” This study suggests that IGFBP-2 may play a role in basal cell carcinoma development by mediating epidermal progenitor cell expansion in hair follicles with activated Shh signaling.
September 2024 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found that baricitinib significantly reduced hair loss in patients with severe alopecia areata, decreasing the mean SALT score from 96.6 to 48 over 24 weeks, with no patients dropping out and only mild adverse events in 12.7% of participants.
October 2024 in “Canadian Journal of Health Technologies” This CADTH recommendation advises that Olumiant should be publicly reimbursed for treating severe alopecia areata in adults, provided conditions such as a 50% scalp hair loss and specific prescribing criteria are met.
September 2017 in “BAUST Journal” 2 citations
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September 2025 in “Journal of Dermatological Treatment” In this study, baricitinib was effective in improving hair regrowth in patients with severe alopecia areata over one year, especially when treatment began within four years of symptom onset.
July 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, baicalin, a component of Baikal skullcap, was found to inhibit necroptosis in a cellular model of toxic epidermal necrolysis, suggesting it may be effective against severe drug-induced skin eruptions.
November 2013 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses categorization changes for Hair Transplant Surgeon members at the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery and reports no clinical outcomes.
September 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study suggests that using the International Psoriasis Council's classification, which includes body surface area, special areas, and treatment history, may identify more candidates for systemic therapy than by body surface area alone.
August 2026 in “International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology” 2 citations
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January 2023 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” This review discusses the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of beard alopecia areata and reports no new clinical results, though it highlights recent treatment advances with janus kinase inhibitors.
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September 2013 in “Pharmaceutical Biology” This study found that Zizyphus jujuba fruit aqueous extract may reduce nephrotoxicity caused by ibuprofen in rats by lowering serum urea and creatinine and improving kidney antioxidant enzyme activities.