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January 2000 in “Dermatologic Clinics” This article discusses recent advancements in treatments for psoriasis, including new drug approvals and innovative therapeutic approaches, but reports no new clinical results.
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October 2020 in “Lasers in Medical Science” This review suggests that low-level light therapy can promote hair growth in patients with androgenetic alopecia, but more research is needed to standardize treatment parameters and assess long-term safety and efficacy.
6 citations
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January 2017 in “Journal of toxicologic pathology” This study suggests that the patchy thickening and reddish discoloration in rabbit skin during the hair cycle may be due to large anagen-phase hair follicles compressing the dermis and increased blood vessels causing redness.
3 citations
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February 2017 in “Archives of Medical Science” This study found that finasteride treatment in male rats may lead to changes in connexin 43 expression in the testes of their offspring, potentially affecting spermatogenesis.
2 citations
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September 2017 in “Archives of Medical Science” The researchers reported that finasteride treatment in male rats may lead to changes in antioxidant enzyme activity in their offspring's epididymis, potentially affecting sperm maturation.
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.
1 citations
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January 2012 in “Journal of Toxicologic Pathology” This case report describes a hybrid cyst in a Sprague-Dawley rat, showing both infundibular and matrical differentiation similar to different parts of normal hair follicles.
This study found that αvβ6 integrin inhibits keratinocyte proliferation during wound healing and hair regeneration, suggesting its downregulation may enhance recovery and influence epidermal stem cell behavior.
194 citations
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March 2003 in “American Journal of Pathology” This study found that psychoemotional stress disrupts hair growth in mice by terminating anagen and suggests a potential pathway for pharmacological management of stress-related hair loss in humans.
170 citations
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July 2012 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, researchers showed that Wnt ligands secreted by hair follicle epithelium are crucial for hair follicle regeneration and may be significant for treating hair disorders like alopecia.
12 citations
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May 2013 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” In this study, researchers isolated multipotent stem cells from elderly human epidermis and showed that they could differentiate into neurons using TAT-VHL peptide, suggesting potential for regenerative therapies.
6 citations
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August 2019 in “PLOS ONE” The researchers reported that Gambogic Amide may prevent hair greying and promote hair growth by maintaining follicle pigmentation in vitro through activation and migration of melanocytes.
June 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study provides evidence that innate lymphoid cells-type 1 can induce alopecia areata in human hair follicles, challenging the view that it is solely a CD8+ T cell-driven autoimmune disease.
174 citations
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April 2005 in “The American journal of pathology (Print)” This study found that TRPV1 activation in human scalp hair follicles inhibited hair shaft elongation, suppressed proliferation, and induced apoptosis, suggesting TRPV1 as a potential target for managing hair growth and epithelial disorders.
130 citations
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June 2003 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings” This study found that estrogen receptor beta, not alpha, is the main mediator of estrogen action in human skin and hair follicles, suggesting a distinct role in these tissues.
46 citations
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January 2020 in “Theranostics” This study demonstrated that OSA hydrogels enhanced the stability and retention of dermal papilla-derived extracellular vesicles, which significantly improved hair regeneration in both cultured human hair and a mouse depilation model.
45 citations
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September 2001 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that cyclosporin A stimulates growth in cultured murine hair epithelial cells and reduces protein kinase C expression, suggesting that these actions may contribute to its hair-growing effects.
36 citations
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January 2018 in “Scientific reports” This study observed that dietary intake of glucoraphanin during juvenile and adolescent stages prevented cognitive deficits and abnormal gene expressions in the brain of adult offspring exposed to maternal immune activation, potentially implicating centrosome-related genes in the development of psychosis.
30 citations
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December 2011 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” This study found that serine 44 in the N-terminal head domain of keratin 17 is phosphorylated in response to various stimuli affecting skin keratinocyte growth, linking K17 up-regulation with growth and stress responses in skin epithelium.
26 citations
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May 2012 in “Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences” This review discusses the structure, expression, regulation, and potential roles of NcoA4 in cancer and other pathologies, reporting no new experimental findings.
19 citations
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January 2018 in “Scientific Reports” This study provided the first proteome dataset for alopecia areata, revealing novel pathways in the disease mechanisms that may lead to new therapeutic targets.
17 citations
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September 2014 in “PLoS ONE” This study found that SK2 channels in sensory terminals of rat muscle spindles and hair follicles may play a crucial role in modulating mechanosensory transduction by influencing receptor potentials through Ca2+-activated K+ currents.
14 citations
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April 2017 in “Scientific Reports” This study demonstrated that using a perfusion culture bioreactor and 3D spheroid culture can enhance corneal endothelial cell expansion and support the construction of tissue-engineered corneal endothelial layers in vitro.
8 citations
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July 2022 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study found that in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells, 17β-estradiol repressed polyamine oxidase transcription by interacting with AP-1 sites on its promoter.
8 citations
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February 2015 in “Cellular immunology” This study found that deleting Snai2 and Snai3 genes in mice disrupts immune cell development, resulting in severe autoimmunity and early death due to the loss of immune tolerance.
8 citations
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January 2013 in “BioMed Research International” This study observed that both Factor XIIIa+ dermal dendrocytes and microvasculature size decreased with scalp aging and that alopecia changes resembled stress-induced premature senescence.
5 citations
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January 2021 in “Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy” This study suggests that policosanol may prevent androgenetic alopecia in mice by regulating hormone levels and suppressing premature hair follicle entry into the regression phase.
5 citations
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August 2020 in “Curēus” This review systematically analyzed literature to differentiate desmoplastic trichoepitheliomas from other cutaneous tumors based on clinical, histopathological, and immunohistochemical features but reports no new clinical results.
5 citations
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October 2016 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that activin A signaling is crucial for hair follicle neogenesis in human dermal papilla 3D cultures combined with mouse epidermal cells.
3 citations
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January 2018 in “Reproduction, Fertility and Development” This study concluded that cyproterone acetate alone produced antiandrogenic effects on the female gerbil prostate, while ethinyloestradiol alone stimulated estrogenic activity, and their combination led to prostatic lesions.