November 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that 4-aminopyridine, a potassium channel blocker, greatly improves skin wound healing by accelerating wound closure, enhancing tissue regeneration, and promoting hair follicle neogenesis.
October 2021 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that inhibiting DPP4 during a critical period post-wounding increases hair follicle regeneration and Wnt signaling in large skin wounds.
April 2021 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that skin bacteria promote regeneration in wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis, suggesting a role for IL-1β signaling and challenging the belief that infection inhibits healing.
June 2020 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study observed that human primary adult hair matrix keratinocytes may have the potential to generate hair follicle organoids, suggesting possible applications in hair follicle neogenesis and preclinical hair growth agent screening.
June 2020 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that increasing commensal bacterial load on the skin enhances wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis in mice, mediated through IL1R-MyD88 signaling pathways.
January 2020 in “Social Science Research Network” This study found that skin bacteria contribute to regeneration in wound healing and WIHN by promoting IL-1β signaling, challenging the view that sterility is always beneficial for healing small wounds.
April 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that manipulating both gene expression and matrix stiffness in mice can alter hair regeneration after skin wounding, highlighting key factors in regenerative biology.
April 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this animal study, the researchers found that DPP4 plays a crucial role in scar formation and wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis in mice, impacting regenerative repair.
April 2017 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that TLR3-mediated damage sensing can stimulate prostaglandin and Wnt pathways, potentially coordinating hair follicle regeneration in mice with large skin wounds.
September 2016 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” This study found that protein extracts from embryonic skin can induce hair follicle neogenesis in mice by activating insulin/IGF signaling in adult fibroblasts.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, ALP knockdown significantly impaired the hair follicle-inducing capacity of human dermal papilla spheres, highlighting a critical role for ALP in hair follicle neogenesis.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that full thickness wounds in Lanyu pigs led to altered molecular expression and abnormal skin structure, without regenerating key epithelial cells thought to aid in skin regeneration.
April 2015 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” This article is from the ASPS Education Network and does not report any new research findings.
April 2015 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” This article discusses the role of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in plastic and reconstructive surgery education but presents no new research findings.
January 2012 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Small molecule DMF improves psoriasis and multiple sclerosis, adult skin cells can be made to grow new hair, certain skin cells initiate hair growth, IL-17C controls gut health and can cause skin inflammation, and skin cells produce IL-17 that can lead to psoriasis.
May 2007 in “Science's STKE” This study found that modulating Wnt signaling can promote new hair follicle regeneration in adult mouse skin wounds, suggesting potential treatment strategies for scarring and alopecia.
January 2006 in “Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology” This study found that microencapsulated human hair dermal papilla cells successfully induced hair follicle regeneration on the dorsal skin of nude mice, unlike control groups with free cells or empty microcapsules.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that occlusive dressings on mouse wounds eliminated wound-induced hair neogenesis by upregulating mechanotransduction, which promotes fibrosis, and suppressing Wnt signaling involved in regeneration.
This study identified CXXC5 as a key mediator of hair loss induced by PGD2 and DHT via suppression of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, with implications for potential therapeutic targets.
July 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identified that bacterially-induced metabolic changes in keratinocytes enhance skin and hair follicle regeneration, suggesting that modifying skin microbiome interactions may improve wound healing.
January 2022 in “Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine” This review discusses the mechanisms of wound-induced hair neogenesis and its similarities with embryonic hair follicle development, but reports no new clinical results.
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August 2008 in “PLOS ONE” This study found that Wnt3a liposomes can induce hair follicle neogenesis when delivered subcutaneously, demonstrating their potential for regenerative applications.
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January 2006 in “Pakistan Veterinary Journal” This study demonstrates that bacteria contribute to hair follicle neogenesis after skin wounding through IL-1R1 signaling in keratinocytes.
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October 2012 in “Biomaterials” This study found that both human and rat dermal papilla spheroids can induce hair follicle neogenesis, but larger spheroids increase inductivity without significantly affecting hair fiber diameter.
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April 2014 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study observed that earlier-passage keratinocyte cultures led to superior hair follicle neogenesis in dermal-epidermal composites grafted onto immunodeficient mice, suggesting their potential utility in studying human hair follicle development.
October 2022 in “Regenerative Biomaterials” This study demonstrated that fibrin hydrogels support skin-derived precursors in hair follicle neogenesis in mice, with new hair growth and regeneration of blood vessels and sebaceous glands observed.
February 1968 in “PubMed” This abstract explores the roles of dermal fibroblasts and keratinocytes in hair follicle neogenesis and regeneration but does not present new experimental results; it suggests more study is needed on the dermal sheath.
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April 2021 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that laboratory and African spiny mice have distinct spatiotemporal patterns in wound-induced hair neogenesis, with the Twist1 pathway playing a central role in epidermal-dermal interactions for hair primordia formation.
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February 1968 in “Surgical Clinics of North America” This study found that reducing skin bacteria through cage changes or antibiotics decreased wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis and slowed healing, suggesting skin microbiota and IL-1β signaling are important for regeneration.
January 1997 in “Medical Journal Armed Forces India” This study found that RADA-PRG hydrogels enhanced skin-derived precursor cell proliferation and improved hair follicle neogenesis in mice, suggesting potential use as a scaffold material in tissue engineering.