February 2025 in “Animals” This study found that senior dogs fed amino acid-complexed and lysine-glutamic acid-complexed trace minerals had longer, faster-growing hair and increased activity compared to those fed inorganic trace minerals.
9 citations
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January 1975 in “Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)” This report describes a case of Rothmund-Thomson type congenital poikiloderma, noting minor skin changes, hair loss, and slightly elevated lysine and cystine in the urine.
7 citations
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July 1975 in “Acta dermato-venereologica” This case study reports a patient with Rothmund-Thomson type congenital poikiloderma, showing primarily skin changes and hair loss, along with slightly elevated lysine and cystine levels in urine.
3 citations
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April 2010 in “The FASEB Journal” This study found that estrogen, through estrogen receptors, can regulate the expression of the HOXC13 gene involved in hair follicle development, with MLL3 histone methylase playing a collaborative role.
79 citations
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March 2005 in “Journal of Medical Genetics” This study identified a novel heterozygous missense mutation in the hHb3 gene associated with monilethrix, highlighting its role in this hair disorder.
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October 2024 in “Heliyon” This study characterized the CYP154C7 enzyme from *Streptomyces* sp. PAMC26508, highlighting its ability to hydroxylate steroids efficiently, particularly androstenedione, and identified key amino acids important for substrate selectivity and catalytic efficiency.
January 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” Nanoparticles have diverse applications, including promising cancer treatments and hair growth solutions.
667 citations
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May 2008 in “Genes & Development” This review discusses the biochemical and biological functions of histone demethylases and their potential involvement in human diseases, including cancer, but reports no new findings.
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January 2011 in “Springer eBooks” Histone demethylases play a key role in the development of many diseases and may be targets for treatment.
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September 1996 in “Neuroscience letters” This study found that fetal calf serum can protect Merkel cells from death and alter their morphology in culture, while serum-free conditions led to high cell mortality.
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January 1988 in “Japanese Journal of Medicine” This study suggests that measuring glycation in hair may serve as a useful indicator of long-term blood glucose control in diabetic patients.
5 citations
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September 2011 in “Cell stem cell” This study found that histone methylation patterns in hair follicle stem cells differ from those in embryonic stem cells.
January 2018 in “Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine” This review discusses how the nuclear lamina integrates biochemical and mechanical signals to influence gene expression and skin homeostasis, but reports no new clinical results.
January 2003 in “American Journal of Clinical Dermatology” In 2002, various skin reactions were reported due to different drugs, including allergies, hair loss, skin lesions, and other skin conditions.
This study found considerable variation in hair shaft proteomic profiles among Caucasian, African-American, Kenyan, and Korean subjects, with individual and site-specific differences observed.
This study used proteomic profiling to reveal significant individual and site-specific differences in human hair shaft proteins, which may improve the differentiation of hair based on ethnic origin and individual identity.
321 citations
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March 2015 in “Nature” This study found that super-enhancers are essential for hair follicle stem cell identity, lineage commitment, and plasticity in mice, with SOX9 being a key regulator of these chromatin dynamics.
105 citations
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February 1996 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” In this study, sequences upstream of the TGM3 gene were found to regulate epithelial-specific gene expression in keratinocytes, suggesting potential applications in gene therapy.
68 citations
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September 2018 in “Trends in Cell Biology” This review discusses the senescence–stemness connection in cellular biology and reports no new findings, highlighting implications for both tissue repair and aggressive cancer behavior.
38 citations
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June 2005 in “Matrix Biology” Minoxidil affects collagen-related genes, potentially helping treat fibrosis.
26 citations
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October 2007 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that l-carnitine stimulated hair growth in vitro by promoting proliferation and reducing apoptosis in human scalp hair follicles, suggesting potential as a treatment for hair loss.
24 citations
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January 2003 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, a synthetic antagonist of the p75 neurotrophin receptor was found to significantly inhibit hair follicle regression in murine skin cultures, suggesting a potential role in treating hair disorders characterized by premature catagen entry.
24 citations
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November 1978 in “Biochemistry” This paper reports on the structural characteristics of α-type filaments in the inner root sheath cells of guinea pig hair follicles without presenting new clinical findings.
23 citations
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January 2015 in “Stem cells international” This study found that keratin coatings from human hair may improve the colony-forming efficiency of human mesenchymal stem cells by moderating donor variability, suggesting a potential use in clinical applications.
21 citations
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October 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This review discusses recent advances in understanding the molecular landscape of the dermal papilla, particularly focusing on Blimp1's role in hair follicle development and potential therapeutic targets for hair regeneration, but presents no new clinical results.
21 citations
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January 2012 in “Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin” This study found that using a combination of iontophoresis and liposomal delivery facilitated the effective intradermal administration of superoxide dismutase in rats, reducing oxidative skin damage from UV exposure.
19 citations
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January 1987 in “Dermatology” This review discusses the effects of minoxidil on human skin fibroblasts, reporting its potential to inhibit lysyl hydroxylase activity and DNA synthesis, suggesting it may have antifibrotic applications for collagen-related skin conditions.
18 citations
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August 2015 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” This study found that the XEDAR receptor can activate the non-canonical NF-kB pathway involving p100 processing, which is regulated by interactions with TRAF proteins and specific kinases.
18 citations
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September 2003 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study suggests that vitamin D-upregulated protein 1 (VDUP1) might play a unique role in regulating the differentiation of epidermal cells.
15 citations
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February 1999 in “The anatomical record” This study found that defective cross-linking in hair cuticles is observable in a minority of mouse hair mutants, suggesting different proteins are involved in cross-linking across cell types.