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September 2025 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” In a study using diabetic rats, researchers found that oral empagliflozin accelerated wound healing by reducing inflammation and oxidative stress, indicating potential benefits beyond blood sugar control for managing diabetic wounds.
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May 2024 in “Journal of Clinical Medicine” This study found a reciprocal correlation between depressive disorders and several dermatological autoimmune diseases, such as psoriasis and lupus, suggesting that inflammation may be a shared pathomechanism for these conditions.
July 2026 in “Pharmaceuticals” This review examined mechanisms regulating muscle repair, highlighting disruptions in aging and chronic diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy and diabetes. It noted that chronic inflammation and metabolic dysfunction hinder effective regeneration and discussed emerging therapies, suggesting multi-target approaches could be promising despite limited clinical evidence.
June 2026 in “Current Cardiology Reviews” This review highlights the significant relationship between dermatological disorders and cardiovascular risk, suggesting that reducing systemic inflammation may help mitigate cardiovascular complications in affected patients.
January 2026 in “Florence Research (University of Florence)” This perspective reviews current knowledge about cellular and molecular mechanisms in wound healing from 2023–2025, highlighting inadequately understood pathways associated with conditions like keloids and chronic wounds, and discusses proposed novel therapies for these conditions.
January 2025 in “Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania)” This study found that the X-linked gene UTX is crucial for regulating skin differentiation and inflammation in females by affecting retinoic acid signaling, also highlighting potential links to sex disparities in skin diseases.
January 2023 in “Skin Pharmacology and Physiology” This study found that microneedling-induced microinjury in mice promoted hair growth by stimulating the TNF-α/Wnt/VEGF pathway, and blocking TNF-α inhibited this process.
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January 2017 in “AIMS biophysics” This review discusses the effects of photobiomodulation, particularly its potential to reduce inflammation in various conditions, but it does not report new clinical findings.
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July 2016 in “Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders” This review discusses the complex relationship between stress and various skin conditions, highlighting the role of the skin in the stress response and the brain-skin communication pathways, but reports no new research findings.
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July 2022 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This review discusses the mechanisms and targets of natural products for treating nonhealing wounds and reports no new experimental results, highlighting potential pathways and cytokines involved.
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June 2022 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This study found that a hydrogel containing icariin enhanced wound healing and hair-follicle regeneration in vivo by promoting M2 macrophage polarization and modulating the BMP pathway, with treated skin defects showing improved recovery and new hair follicle development compared to untreated defects.
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May 2024 in “Molecules” This study found that glycyrrhetinic acid, derived from licorice, may help alleviate acne symptoms by regulating lipid synthesis and inflammatory responses through multiple pathways, as observed in both in vitro and in vivo settings.
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September 2025 in “Neural Regeneration Research” This review discusses the roles of prostaglandins in the nervous system and their therapeutic potential for neurological diseases, noting their complex interactions with immune cells and signaling pathways.
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January 2025 in “Burns & Trauma” In this review, the authors describe how glucose metabolism supports various stages of wound healing by providing energy and necessary substances, noting that abnormal glucose metabolism in chronic wounds increases oxidative stress and inflammation, significantly hindering healing.
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April 2019 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, beta-caryophyllene enhanced wound healing in female mice by improving re-epithelialization, cell proliferation, and cell migration, suggesting potential benefits of essential oil compounds in inflammation reduction.
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June 2025 in “MedComm – Biomaterials and Applications” This study reviews the potential of antioxidant plant compounds in improving wound healing for diabetic patients by reducing oxidative stress, controlling bacterial infections, and modulating inflammation, thereby promoting tissue regeneration and addressing key challenges in diabetic wound care.
July 2026 in “Pharmaceuticals” This review discusses the potential of marine-derived polysaccharide nanofibers as advanced wound dressings, highlighting their regenerative advantages in addressing inflammation, oxidative stress, and other healing barriers. However, it notes that clinical translation is limited by challenges in standardization, evidence, safety, and production scalability.
May 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This study's new single-cell atlas of hidradenitis suppurativa tunnels identifies distinct fibro-inflammatory microenvironments, suggesting that TNF blockade may not address the primary pathway in many lesions.
May 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This study created a comprehensive single-cell atlas of hidradenitis suppurativa tunnels, identifying distinct microenvironmental endotypes linked to specific signaling pathways, suggesting that TNF blockade may not effectively address predominant pathways in many lesions and highlighting the potential for individualized treatment strategies.
In this narrative hypothesis-driven overview, the authors propose reframing rosacea as a neuroimmune disorder, highlighting the interconnected role of the skin-gut-brain axis, particularly central nervous system involvement alongside gut microbiota and neurogenic inflammation, to emphasize the need for multidisciplinary therapeutic approaches.
November 2025 in “Scientific Reports” In this experimental study, researchers found that Notopterygii rhizoma et radix (Qiang Huo) significantly alleviated psoriasis symptoms in mice and cell models, primarily by modulating the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, indicating potential as a multi-target alternative therapy for psoriasis treatment.
May 2025 in “Acta Biomaterialia” This study developed microneedles combining insulin-like growth factor-1 and type XVII collagen, showing more effective hair regeneration and reduced inflammation compared to minoxidil in a mouse model of androgenetic alopecia.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This research developed new in vitro models for high-throughput screening of drugs that could protect or restore immune privilege in hair follicles, finding that Tofacitinib was effective in preventing inflammation-related marker upregulation, while Tacrolimus and αMSH worked specifically in outer root sheath keratinocytes.
April 2017 in “Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open” In this study with a rat muscle defect model, decellularized muscle matrix demonstrated better integration, neovascularization, and myogenesis compared to commercially available acellular dermal matrices, and also showed trends toward reduced inflammation and fibrosis after 30 and 60 days.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, three patients with extensive alopecia areata receiving ustekinumab treatment showed significant hair regrowth and decreased inflammation over 20 weeks, suggesting potential targeted treatment for this condition.
January 2026 in “Cosmetics” In this study, yeast fermentation of Platycladus orientalis leaves was shown to enhance hair growth-promoting properties by affecting cell cycle phases in human dermal papilla cells, increasing growth factor VEGF, reducing inflammatory factor TGF-β1, and altering the expression of Wnt/β-catenin pathway-related genes.
June 2025 in “International Journal of Nutrology” In this systematic review, various nutrients and diets, such as a plant-based diet and supplements like omega-3 fatty acids, were found to impact tissue regeneration, skin health, and wound healing, highlighting the role of nutrient-sensitive signaling pathways in these processes.
August 2026 in “Immunity & Inflammation” In this review, the authors discuss how niche-specific immunometabolic regulation influences tissue repair across various organs by highlighting the complex, context-dependent interaction between immune metabolism and tissue-specific regenerative outcomes.
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January 2016 in “The FEBS journal” This review discusses the various roles of RANK signaling in bone remodeling, immune function, and epithelial differentiation, highlighting its potential involvement in cancer mechanisms; it reports no new clinical results.
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November 2011 in “InTech eBooks” This article reviews how the skin's peripheral stress response system mirrors the central HPA axis, facilitating local homeostasis under stress, but presents no new findings.