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This study found that stem cell factor combined with fibronectin and type IV collagen promotes migration of amelanotic melanocytes, which may help explain their movement during vitiligo repigmentation.

In this study, fibronectin coating on a low-adhesive substratum increased cell aggregation, growth, and motility, enhancing the formation of hair follicle dermal papilla spheroids.

This study found that DPP4 is significantly involved in matrix deposition and fibrosis in human skin fibroblasts, although the exact functions of DPP4 remain unclear.

The method effectively analyzes human hair proteins, especially nonfilamentous ones.

This study found that encapsulating dermal papilla spheroids in alginate hydrogel with extracellular matrix proteins increased alkaline phosphatase activity, suggesting an enhanced manipulation of dermal papilla activity.

This study developed PiSCES biosignatures that distinguished alopecia areata patients from controls, revealing enhanced basal TCR signaling and a potential disease-specific signaling network signature.

This study identifies cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) as a key extracellular matrix component in human hair follicle cycling, potentially regulated by TGFβ signaling, and suggests its importance in normal hair follicle biology.

This study found that endothelin-1 increases adhesion and chemotaxis of amelanotic melanocytes on fibronectin, laminin, and collagen IV, potentially through changes in the actin cytoskeleton.

This review highlights LTBP1 as a critical integrator in disease processes, showing its dual role in cancer progression and suppression, its pathological influence in fibrosis, and its contribution to various disorders, suggesting its potential as a biomarker and therapeutic target.

This study observed that NSPC predominantly differentiated into neurons when exposed to serum fractions with molecules under 100 kDa, particularly with biomaterial and fibronectin, in the presence of basic fibroblast growth factor.

This study developed a rapid method to extract proteins from human hair, revealing phosphorylation on serine and threonine residues in alpha-keratins and matrix proteins.

This study found that intermediate filaments and matrix proteins in presumptive hair shaft cells are synthesized sequentially, identifying a new polypeptide component that changes during hair cell differentiation.

This study proposed a network model for the cross-linked structure of keratin-associated proteins in hair and wool fibers, suggesting notable differences between the two, potentially affecting hair fiber elasticity.

This study suggests that human hard keratin proteins may be biocompatible materials, unlikely to cause rejection or allergic reactions based on their antigenicity in BALB/c mice.

This study found that minoxidil increases the expression of a reporter gene linked to hair growth in cultured hair follicles from transgenic mice, suggesting a potential model for studying hair biology.

This study found that scaffolds made from human hair proteins supported better cell growth and interactions than control surfaces, indicating potential use in tissue engineering.

This review summarizes the roles of matricellular proteins in skin stem cell niches, highlighting their contribution to stem cell fate, self-renewal, and potential implications for wound healing and aging.

This study found that keratin-75, discovered in enamel tissue, is secreted by ameloblasts using an unconventional pathway involving the ER-Golgi-Intermediate-Compartment and Golgi, differing from typical cytokeratin localization.

This study found that hydrolyzed wheat proteins extensively penetrated both untreated and chemically treated hair, primarily occupying areas like the endocuticle and cortex.

This study reviews the structural and functional aspects of cell-cell and cell-matrix junctions in sebocytes, emphasizing their roles in sebocyte differentiation and sebum secretion, and how these processes may change in pathological conditions, potentially providing insights for new skin disease therapies.

This study found that the purified compound VB1 from Vitex negundo seeds may reduce UVA-induced skin aging by targeting MAPK1 and demonstrated its potential in mice.

This paper reviews strategies for modifying the structure and protein delivery of electrospun nanofibrous materials, emphasizing their potential to guide tissue repair and highlighting current challenges and future research directions in this emerging field.

This study developed electrospun nanofibers containing mupirocin for wound treatment, reporting enhanced antibacterial activity, high water absorption, and accelerated wound healing in a rat model, suggesting potential use for severe skin injuries at risk of infection.

This study found that hair follicle matrix progenitors differentiate into various layers asynchronously, with early progenitors forming the companion layer and later progenitors generating the inner root sheath and hair shaft.

This study reported that in degenerative alopecia, Zn²⁺/Cu²⁺-dependent proteases are downregulated and destabilized, and a specially developed microneedle patch reactivated these enzymes, reduced senescence, and enhanced hair regeneration in an animal model.

This study examined the formation of acquired curved hair and found that the fusion of hair matrix cells during follicle regeneration contributes to asymmetric follicle shapes and curved hair, potentially linked to changes in type IV collagen and protein expression levels.

In this study, the researchers identified the specific subcellular localization of the protein S100A3 in the endocuticle and cortex of human hair shafts.

This review discusses the structural knowledge of wool keratin proteins and genes, reports no new findings, and highlights promising directions such as keratin gene regulation.

This study observed abnormal extracellular matrix patterns in hair follicles from alopecia areata patients, particularly in the dermal papilla of large anagen follicles and in catagen follicles from lesional sites.

In this study, T3 and T4 were found to directly influence human hair follicles in vitro, enhancing keratinocyte proliferation, prolonging the hair growth phase, and affecting pigmentation.