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This study reports promising preliminary results for using monoclonal antibodies to identify cashmere fibers, highlighting observed immunological differences from wool keratins.

This review article highlighted the diverse applications of functionalized materials from bacterial cellulose, detailing advances in both in situ and ex situ methods for enhancing these materials' properties, particularly for medical applications, and proposed directions for future research.

This study found that hamster sebaceous glands have high affinity binding sites for dihydrotestosterone, with competition from other steroids indicating specific binding characteristics.

This chapter discusses the molecular biology of the vitamin D receptor in gene transcription and reports no new results; it highlights recent findings on receptor activity independent of its usual ligand.

This study used rapid-freezing immunocytochemistry to successfully map the ultrastructural localization of hair keratins in human scalp hair, primarily finding them in macrofibrils in the cortex and endocuticle.

In this study, researchers developed a pH-sensitive dendritic polyglycerol nanogel to measure pH inside hair follicles using an ex vivo porcine ear model, finding that the pH increases from 6.5 at the skin surface to 7.4 in deeper follicle areas, without observed toxicity.

In this review, researchers explored thermo-responsive polymers and their applications in nanomedicine, highlighting their role in targeted drug delivery, gene therapy, and imaging, enabled by their temperature-sensitive phase transitions to ensure localized therapeutic action and minimize damage to healthy tissues.

This review discusses the current state and potential future of polymer-based microneedles for transdermal drug delivery, without reporting new empirical results; it highlights their applications and existing challenges.

This study synthesized a temperature-sensitive hydrogel with strong antibacterial capabilities against S. aureus and E. coli, demonstrated via in vitro and in vivo tests, suggesting potential for antibiotic-free clinical applications when activated by near-infrared light.

In this study on wound healing, sulfated glycosaminoglycans from sturgeon cartilage enhanced fibroblast cell proliferation, migration, and collagen deposition, significantly accelerating wound closure and promoting re-epithelialization in both in vitro and in vivo tests.

In this study, keratin‐based hydrogels incorporating calcium ions were developed to effectively deliver atorvastatin, showing potential for localized anti‐fibrotic therapy through controlled drug release and maintaining drug bioactivity in vitro, supported by thorough physicochemical and mechanical characterization.

This study found that microneedles co-delivering minoxidil and a nitric oxide donor effectively promoted hair growth and follicle transition to the growth phase in an alopecia mouse model, suggesting a promising new approach for androgenetic alopecia treatment.

This study reports that a novel UV-based crosslinking process for collagen sponges significantly decreases crosslinking time compared to traditional methods, and supports effective cell proliferation and wound regeneration in a mouse model, without causing abnormal angiogenic or immune responses.

This study found that incorporating acrylic and methacrylic acid into poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) copolymers improves film mechanical properties but negatively affects their interaction with keratin for hair care applications.

This review describes the roles of polysaccharides in antitumor, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory activities and introduces methods for their isolation and purification, reporting no new research results.

This review discusses the cosmetic and nutricosmetic efficacy of hyaluronic acid for skin rejuvenation and reports that HA formulations show remarkable anti-aging properties.

This study developed minoxidil sulphate-loaded chitosan nanoparticles that doubled drug delivery to hair follicles in vitro compared to a control solution, suggesting potential for improved alopecia treatment.

This study found that applying both dehydrothermal treatment and carbodiimide crosslinking improved the mechanical properties of porcine acellular dermal matrix scaffolds without added cytotoxicity, suggesting potential applications in tissue engineering.

In this study, the researchers optimized the extraction conditions for crude polysaccharide from Hibiscus rosa-sinensis leaves, achieving a yield of 9.66% and demonstrated strong antioxidant activities in vitro.

This study proposes a new method to selectively isolate keratin-associated proteins and keratin from human hair, suggesting that KAPs may support keratin fibers in hair structure.

This study found that a newly developed injectable hydrogel combined with human umbilical cord-mesenchymal stem cells significantly accelerated wound healing and reduced inflammation in full-thickness cutaneous wounds.

This study found that chitosan and surface-deacetylated chitin nanofibrils promoted hair growth in mice and increased fibroblast growth factor-7 production in human follicle dermal papilla cells.

Animal experiments in this study demonstrated that a new sandwich-like fiber/sponge dressing design, which enhances wound healing through improved moisture management and faster exudate evaporation, resulted in more significant wound size reduction compared to commercial and control dressings.

This study demonstrates that massage significantly enhances the follicular targeting of dutasteride-loaded nanocapsules, increasing drug accumulation in hair follicles by up to 5 times.

This study found that some synthesized heterocyclic derivatives showed promising 5α-reductase inhibitor, antiviral, and anti-tumor activities, surpassing several reference drugs in effectiveness.

This study found that exosomal miR-181a-5p promotes hair follicle growth and development in vitro by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway and suppressing hair follicle stem cell apoptosis.

Lower acetylation makes chitin nanofibers thinner and more suitable for various uses.

The hydrogel dressings speed up healing and reduce scarring.

This study found that alginate beads containing monoolein demonstrated promising potential for managing wet wounds by better absorbing excess exudate and delivering adenosine locally, favoring drug localization in damaged porcine skin compared to an aqueous solution without affecting skin viability.

This study found that Flammulina velutipes polysaccharides-derived scaffolds greatly enhanced wound healing and hair follicle regeneration in a rat model, particularly with the FPS/NaOH variant showing the best results.