In this preclinical study, PA-011 derived from Periplaneta americana showed significant hair regrowth effects in androgenetic alopecia mouse models by inhibiting inflammation and oxidative stress, activating hair follicle stem cell proliferation, and normalizing skin microbiota, suggesting promise as an AGA treatment.
July 2025 in “Bioactive Materials” This review summarizes advancements in biomedical engineering for hair follicle regeneration, highlighting strategies like cell transplantation and tissue engineering to reconstruct hair follicles, and discusses both their technical limitations and potential future innovations in regenerative medicine.
April 2026 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review synthesizes recent research on how Wnt signaling regulates skin, hair follicle, and nail regeneration, highlighting its compartment-specific roles and discussing targeted strategies for treating conditions like alopecia, chronic wounds, and skin cancer.
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September 2010 in “Nucleic acids research” This study found that induced expression of mir-302 can reprogram human hair follicle cells into induced pluripotent stem cells through a novel epigenetic mechanism involving global demethylation.
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July 2020 in “Science Advances” Dermal exosomes with miR-218-5p boost hair growth by controlling β-catenin signaling.
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April 2019 in “Journal of cellular physiology” In this study, miR-218-5p was found to enhance hair shaft growth and positively regulate the Wnt signaling pathway by targeting SFRP2 during skin and hair follicle development.
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November 2017 in “Scientific Reports” In this study, researchers observed that hyperandrogenic PCOS patients exhibited distinct miRNA and TGFβ signaling gene expression patterns in granulosa cells, suggesting these factors may play a role in PCOS pathogenesis.
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May 2015 in “PLOS Genetics” This study found that the microRNA miR-22 is a key regulator of the hair cycle, influencing hair loss by promoting the transition from growth to rest phases and repressing keratinocyte differentiation.
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August 2022 in “Animals” This study identified key genes and miRNAs involved in feather morphogenesis in Zhedong White geese, highlighting a negative correlation between FOXO3 and miR-144-y.
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August 2021 in “Oncogene” This study reports that miR-22 promotes cancer progression and metastasis by maintaining Wnt/β-catenin signaling and cancer stem cell function.
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January 2021 in “Journal of nanobiotechnology” In this study, exosome-mimetic nanovesicles derived from neural progenitor cells promoted hair follicle regeneration in mice by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.
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October 2013 in “Experimental dermatology” In this study, hair shaft miR-29a levels were significantly lower in scleroderma patients than in controls, suggesting that hair microRNAs could serve as independent biomarkers for the disease.
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August 2020 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” This study found that miR-150 enhances the resolution ability of endothelial progenitor cells in venous thrombosis by promoting cell differentiation and proliferation through specific gene regulation pathways.
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January 2018 in “BioMed Research International” This study suggests that miRNAs, particularly miR-195-5p, may regulate the loss of hair follicle inductivity in cultured dermal papilla cells by suppressing the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.
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December 2020 in “Frontiers in cell and developmental biology” This study found that extracellular vesicles from low-passage dermal papilla cells may activate hair growth by delivering miR-140-5p, which downregulates BMP2 signaling, suggesting potential therapeutic targets for alopecia.
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January 2024 in “Burns & Trauma” The researchers reported that exosomes from hypoxic M2 macrophages, enriched with miR-26b-5p, promoted proliferation, migration, and invasion in human keloid fibroblasts through the PTEN-PI3K/AKT pathway, highlighting miR-26b-5p's role in keloid development.
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January 2023 in “Gynecological Endocrinology” In this study, researchers found that unexplained liver damage in PCOS patients may involve iron metabolism and the miR-761-hepcidin/GPX4 axis, suggesting potential therapeutic targets.
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December 2021 in “Journal of Integrative Neuroscience” This study found that upregulating miR-325-3p in glioma suppresses tumor cell proliferation, migration, and invasion by inhibiting FOXM1, suggesting its potential as a treatment target for brain cancer.
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September 2020 in “Animals” This study found that circRNA-1926 promotes hair follicle stem cell differentiation in cashmere goats by sponging miR-148a/b-3p to increase CDK19 expression.
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November 2024 in “Journal of Advanced Research” In this study, researchers found that miR-3606-3p is significantly downregulated in skin fibrosis and correlates with disease severity, with its ability to inhibit key signaling pathways suggesting potential therapeutic applications for conditions like systemic sclerosis and keloids.
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November 2022 in “Biomaterials Science” This study demonstrated that a device combining hyaluronic acid-based dissolving microneedles and lipid polymer hybrid nanoparticles effectively delivered miR-218 to promote hair growth in a shaved mouse model, outperforming topical smear treatment without safety concerns.
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April 2020 in “Experimental Cell Research” This study found that knockdown of PCAT1 inhibited hair follicle regeneration in nude mice by disrupting the miR-329/Wnt10b axis and Wnt/β-catenin signaling, highlighting PCAT1's role in promoting follicle regrowth.
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June 2020 in “The anatomical record” This study found that miR-203a-3p downregulates Smad1, promoting the differentiation of loureirin A-induced hair follicle stem cells, suggesting it could be a potential therapeutic target for skin wound healing.
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March 2020 in “Cellular Signalling” In this study, knockdown of XIST in 3D-cultured dermal papilla cells inhibited hair follicle regeneration by interfering with miR-424 and hedgehog signaling, highlighting XIST's role in hair development.
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January 2015 in “Journal of cellular physiology” This study suggests that abnormal hair cycles in Hr mutant mice may be caused by HR protein overexpression, which down-regulates miR-31 and increases Tgf-β2 expression.
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December 2020 in “Experimental and Molecular Pathology” This study found that patients with androgenetic alopecia exhibit specific miRNA expression profiles, suggesting that abnormal miR-133b expression may inhibit the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and affect hair growth.
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February 2025 in “Journal of Nanobiotechnology” In this study, researchers found that using bioinspired nanovesicles derived from inflammation memory-activated epidermal stem cells effectively promoted healing in diabetic wounds by reprogramming neutrophils to an anti-inflammatory phenotype in both laboratory and animal models.
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July 2022 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study suggests that prenatal exposure to THC may negatively impact ovarian health in rats by altering miRNA expression, potentially leading to reproductive issues such as subfertility or premature reproductive senescence.
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February 2022 in “Archives animal breeding/Archiv für Tierzucht” This study found that circRNA-0100 promotes differentiation of secondary hair follicle stem cells into hair lineage in cashmere goats by sequestering miR-153-3p, which enhances KLF5 expression.
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March 2024 in “Skin Research and Technology” This study identified miR-200c-3p as influencing key genes in the EGFR resistance pathway, suggesting its potential theranostic role in addressing issues related to this pathway.