May 2024 in “Current perspectives on medicinal and aromatic plants” This mini review explores the potential of herbal testosterone 5α-reductase inhibitors for treating androgenetic alopecia, suggesting they might offer fewer side effects and better tolerability than traditional treatments like finasteride and minoxidil.
December 2020 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” This mini review discusses insights into the pathogenesis of hidradenitis suppurativa, highlighting genetic mutations, autoinflammation, and the effectiveness of biologics, and introduces the concept of autoinflammatory keratinization disease, without reporting new clinical results.
June 2018 in “Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research” This mini review discusses cellular plasticity in cutaneous wound healing and reports no clinical results; the authors aim to enhance regenerative medicine by examining underlying mechanisms.
July 2025 in “Clinical Medicine” In this institution-based randomized trial, oral betamethasone mini-pulse therapy for alopecia areata showed a faster therapeutic response compared to oral tofacitinib, as measured by trichoscopic changes and achievement of 50% hair regrowth.
This study found that oral cyclosporine therapy was more effective than betamethasone mini-pulse therapy for treating alopecia areata, with a better patient-reported outcome on hair regrowth, despite a higher incidence of mild, reversible adverse effects in the cyclosporine group.
July 1999 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses the ongoing debate between exclusive follicular unit grafting and combination mini-/micrografts in hair restoration, but reports no new findings and suggests the controversy will persist.
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June 2018 in “Current Opinion in Genetics & Development” This review discusses recent advancements in regenerative medicine, including functional organ regeneration and the creation of mini-organs, and reports no new clinical results.
5 citations
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January 2001 in “Hair transplant forum international” This review discusses the 1998 effort by 21 ISHRS hair restoration surgeons to standardize techniques for follicular unit transplantation and mini-micrografting, without reporting new clinical results.
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February 2009 in “The American journal of pathology” This review discusses the role of Lgr5 as a marker for identifying adult stem cells, particularly in the intestine and hair follicles, and reports no clinical results.
8 citations
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October 2014 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This paper reviews Satoyoshi syndrome and suggests diagnostic criteria to differentiate its subtypes, emphasizing the importance of testing alopecia areata patients for antinuclear antibodies, muscle spasms, and diarrhea.
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November 2020 in “Endocrine” This review discusses evidence on androgen sensitivity as a potential factor in COVID-19 disease severity, suggesting that androgen receptor interactions could influence virus entry and progression, and reports no new clinical results.
This review highlights how engineered hydrogels can modulate immune niches and serve as in vivo models to study them, noting collaboration is needed to advance therapeutic outcomes.
January 2023 in “Records of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences” This review discusses the advantages and properties of mucoadhesive buccal dosage forms and reports no new clinical findings; the authors emphasize the potential of spanlastics as flexible, biodegradable drug carriers.
October 2013 in “InTech eBooks” Successful outcomes depend on accurate diagnosis and strong doctor-patient relationships.
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March 2014 in “TURKDERM” This review discusses the fundamental features of hair follicle biology and its clinical importance, but it reports no new clinical results.
1 citations
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May 2015 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Both azathioprine and betamethasone treatments effectively regrow hair in alopecia areata, but azathioprine may be safer.
May 2015 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Both azathioprine and betamethasone treatments help with hair regrowth in alopecia areata, but azathioprine may have fewer side effects.
22 citations
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November 2007 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings” This presentation reviews recent discoveries about signaling mechanisms in hair follicles and their potential influence on hair cycle control and melanogenesis, without presenting new experimental results.
September 2026 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study mapped the development of the human pilosebaceous unit in prenatal scalp skin using multi-modal analysis, finding that epithelial-mesenchymal interactions guide cellular fate and validated tissue-patterning through a hair-bearing skin organoid model.
November 2010 in “PubMed” Human hair keratin can help repair fat tissue.
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July 2014 in “Trends in Molecular Medicine” This article discusses the role of human hair follicles in neuroendocrinology and suggests potential new therapeutic targets by examining how neuromediators influence hair growth, pigmentation, and stem cell biology in organ cultures.
4 citations
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December 2024 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study suggests that combining baricitinib with narrowband UV-B therapy is an effective and well-tolerated approach for treating active nonsegmental vitiligo.
1 citations
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December 2023 This study explored the complex developmental processes of human hair, emphasizing the intricate interactions required for hair follicle morphogenesis and its implications for drug incorporation and concentration interpretation, particularly in early childhood.
1 citations
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April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that the novel IPC analog SIG-1451 may inhibit inflammatory cytokine release in cell-based assays relevant to allergic dermatitis.
March 2026 in “Biomolecules” This review highlights the critical role of microRNAs in regulating hair follicle biology, significantly impacting wool and cashmere development by modulating gene expression and signaling pathways in sheep and goats.
January 2023 in “Theranostics” This study demonstrated that a mechanical-chemical cascade involving dermal cell contraction and the activation of Piezo1 in epidermal cells is crucial for initiating interactions necessary for hair follicle regeneration in skin organoids.
March 2011 in “Open Archive (Karolinska Institutet)” This study explored the effects of a common Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome mutation in an inducible mouse model, revealing skin abnormalities similar to those in affected patients.
13 citations
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October 2010 in “Methods in molecular biology” This article discusses the development and research applications of human hair follicle organ culture techniques, highlighting its potential to explore biological processes beyond dermatology.
8 citations
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April 2017 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” The study found that aging in hair follicle stem cells leads to hair follicle miniaturization and eventual hair loss in both wild-type mice and humans by proteolyzing type XVII collagen.
4 citations
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July 1993 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This article, titled "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow," was published in 1993, but it provides no abstract or new research results.