280 citations
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January 2004 in “The EMBO Journal” AGC2-1 protein is essential for root hair growth in Arabidopsis.
December 2007 in “대한피부과학회지” This study found that while the new cytopurine/pentadecanoic glyceride topical solution significantly improved total hair and daily shed hair counts in AGA patients, it did not show significant differences compared to placebo in other measures.
71 citations
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August 2005 in “The journal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings/The Journal of investigative dermatology symposium proceedings” This study revealed that human keratin-associated protein genes are expressed in specific patterns in hair fiber regions and vary in size, with some variations distinct across different populations.
1 citations
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August 2024 in “Transgenic Research” In this study, the researchers observed that inducing and then withdrawing β-catenin expression in a bigenic mouse model caused reversible changes in skin morphology, indicating dependence on β-catenin signaling.
46 citations
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August 2003 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that phosphatidic acid promotes hair growth by stimulating cell proliferation and protecting against apoptosis in murine hair epithelial cells, unlike lysophosphatidic acid, which showed limited effects.
February 2020 in “Oncology Times” This article reviews antibody drug conjugates for cancer treatment, describing their mechanism, recent approvals, and ongoing research efforts, but reports no new clinical results.
3 citations
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July 2023 in “Acta Biomaterialia” This study demonstrates that a bioinspired peptide, PepACS, can efficiently and safely perm hair by interacting with keratin's sulfhydryl group without compromising tensile strength, and it shows potential for hair repair and dyeing applications in the hair care industry.
12 citations
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June 2025 in “Gut Microbes” This study developed BroadAMP-GPT, a computational-experimental framework, to discover new antimicrobial peptides, identifying candidates effective against multidrug-resistant pathogens. Notably, AMP_S13 showed strong stability, low toxicity, and efficacy in infection models, highlighting the platform's potential in combating antimicrobial resistance.
2 citations
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October 2025 in “Cells” This review discusses the multifunctional role of PKM2 in promoting cardiac repair and regeneration, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic target in cardiovascular medicine, but reports no new experimental results.
3 citations
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August 2013 in “Stem cells” This study found that topical application of partial proteasomal inhibitors accelerates hair growth by stabilizing β-catenin and disrupting the hair cycle's normal balance of activation and quiescence.
10 citations
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July 2023 in “Pharmaceutics” In this study using mice and human keratinocyte cells, researchers found that activating PKM2-mediated glycolysis and Wnt/β-catenin signaling, particularly via combined treatments, significantly accelerated wound healing and induced angiogenesis in wound beds.
248 citations
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September 2006 in “PLANT PHYSIOLOGY” This study observed that extracellular ATP is present in Medicago truncatula and correlates with regions of active cell growth, suggesting its integral role in plant development.
4 citations
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August 2018 in “International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH” This article introduces a hypothesis that the enzyme catalase in processed meats may be a probable cause of higher cancer incidence due to its emission of electromagnetic fields, but no new clinical results are provided.
January 2015 in “Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)” This study found no significant difference in anagen rate improvement between the CYP-based dietary supplement and placebo in women over 60 with telogen effluvium, possibly due to variable patient inclusion related to hair growth seasonality.
September 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” CTP-543 is generally safe for treating alopecia areata.
9 citations
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July 2022 in “Journal of Clinical Oncology” This study found that oral paclitaxel combined with encequidar improved tumor response rates compared to intravenous paclitaxel in women with metastatic breast cancer, while also reducing neuropathy but increasing certain gastrointestinal and neutropenic side effects.
8 citations
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August 2018 in “BMJ Case Reports” This case report describes a patient who experienced rapid hair depigmentation after starting pazopanib for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, which may suggest therapy success despite being distressing.
November 2005 in “CRC Press eBooks” This article reviews the development and challenges of skin penetration enhancers, highlighting their limitations in compatibility and safety, and reports no new clinical findings.
126 citations
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October 2012 in “PLoS ONE” This study found that reduced cytokinin levels allow plants to adapt to low potassium conditions by enhancing root hair growth, reactive oxygen species accumulation, and expression of a key potassium transporter gene.
9 citations
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October 2025 in “MedComm” This review discusses the development and clinical progression of PROTAC technology for targeted protein degradation, highlighting its potential to address previously "undruggable" targets but reports no new clinical results.
May 2025 in “Journal of Developmental Biology” This study reports that KRTAP-like proteins, which resemble keratin-associated proteins found in mammals, are also present in the cornified teeth of various lamprey species, suggesting these proteins may serve similar functions in skin appendages across different vertebrates despite independent evolutionary origins.
January 2006 in “Chieh P'ou Hsueh Pao” In this study, the researchers observed that transfecting hair follicle cells with an amino-terminal truncated beta-catenin gene significantly increased cell proliferation, potentially by enhancing c-myc gene expression.
December 1991 in “Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences”
January 2026 in “Drug Delivery and Translational Research” This study investigated the integration of crystal engineering and microneedle technology for androgenetic alopecia treatment, finding that microneedles loaded with newly developed Kopexil multicomponent crystals reduced drug diffusion rates in vitro compared to standard formulations.
4 citations
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January 1994 in “Yakugaku zasshi” In this study, EPC-K, a compound with antioxidant and moisturizing effects, was found to decompose significantly under certain conditions, impacting its stability in quasi drug hair-growing products.
11 citations
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March 2013 in “Journal of Applied Biomedicine” This study found that β-catenin is essential for hair follicle stem cell proliferation and may regulate this process through the PI3K/Akt pathway, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic target.
1 citations
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September 2018 in “Apollo (University of Cambridge)” In this study, phosphorus starvation in Arabidopsis thaliana roots strongly affected stress-induced cytosolic calcium ion modulations, which were reversible with phosphorus resupply.
17 citations
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June 2003 in “The journal of investigative dermatology. Symposium proceedings/The Journal of investigative dermatology symposium proceedings” This study found that genes in the human keratin-associated protein 1 family may have evolved mainly through gene duplication of cysteine-repeat motifs.
November 2021 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that 4-aminopyridine significantly improves skin wound healing by enhancing various cellular and molecular processes, suggesting its potential for rapid translational development in wound treatment.
October 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study introduces the Hair Cell Analysis Toolbox (HCAT), a machine-learning software that automates the analysis of cochlear hair cells, enabling unbiased and comprehensive imaging data interpretation.