January 2011 in “Chinese Journal of General Practice” This study found that tailored treatments based on urodynamic testing improved urinary bladder dysfunction in Parkinson's disease patients, thereby enhancing their quality of life and protecting kidney function.
4 citations
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January 1981 in “PubMed” This study found that medullary cell content in mammal hair evolves from an amorphous form to a biphasic phase, with human and anthropoid hair containing both macrofibrils and microfibrils.
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January 2007 in “Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia)” This study found that adult rat olfactory mucosa can generate neurospheres capable of self-renewal and multipotency when cultured under specific conditions.
November 2013 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” Keratin 79 cells help form and regenerate hair canals.
68 citations
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February 2011 in “European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics” This study found that keratin films made from human hair can potentially substitute for human nail plates in drug permeability studies, but they show higher sensitivity to penetration enhancers compared to bovine hooves.
August 2009 in “Mechanisms of Development” Adult hair follicle cells can create new hair follicles from corneal cells with the right support.
This study identified skin pallor, xerosis, and various hair, nail, and oral manifestations as common in children with CKD compared to healthy controls.
104 citations
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May 2003 in “Endocrinology” This study found that the vitamin D receptor in lampreys, which lack bones and hair, binds 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and may function to induce enzymes for detoxifying substances.
January 2026 in “International Journal of Applied Pharmaceutics” This review discusses the integration of nanoparticles with microneedles to improve drug delivery through enhanced stability, bioavailability, and controlled release, noting ongoing challenges with stability, scalability, and safety.
May 2022 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This review summarizes research on individual Chinese herbal extracts that may inhibit mechanisms of renal fibrosis, but it reports no new experimental findings.
5 citations
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October 2012 in “CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal” This article describes a 9-year-old girl with whitish granules on her hair, evaluated in a dermatology clinic, but the abstract does not report a diagnosis or new results.
10 citations
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December 2009 in “Journal of the American Geriatrics Society” This case report discusses an 80-year-old man whose hyponatremia likely resulted from multiple causes, including diuretic use, excessive water intake, and urinary retention, emphasizing cautious management in older adults.
15 citations
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December 1972 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
January 2019 in “International journal of dermatology, venereology and leprosy sciences” This study evaluated the prevalence and pattern of skin disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease, observing various dermatological issues that may impact quality of life and suggesting treatments to reduce morbidity.
October 2013 in “Journal of the American College of Cardiology” This study found that individuals with a nondipper blood pressure pattern had significantly higher 24-hour urinary aldosterone levels than those with a dipper pattern.
April 2010 in “The journal of immunology/The Journal of immunology” This study found that deleting the FoxN1 gene in mice disrupted the 3D thymic epithelial structure and led to 2D epithelial cysts, revealing its crucial role in thymus organization but not causing athymia.
2 citations
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September 1996 in “Neuroscience letters” This study found that fetal calf serum can protect Merkel cells from cell death and alter their morphology in culture from newborn rat whisker pads.
419 citations
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March 2005 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study demonstrated that ND-GFP stem cells from the hair-follicle bulge area can differentiate into various cell types, including neurons, suggesting their potential as a source for therapeutic applications.
August 2020 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that nanovesicles derived from ReNcell VM cells promoted hair growth in mice by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, suggesting they may serve as an alternative to extracellular vesicles for hair growth therapy.
46 citations
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August 1977 in “Journal of Morphology” This study examined the unique structural features of sinus hair follicles in the shrew Sorex unguiculatus, which suggest a specialization for vibration sensing.
July 2025 in “Journal of Neonatal Surgery” This study utilized U-Net's image-processing capabilities to achieve 92% accuracy in segmenting individual hair strands, enhancing early detection and reliable identification of hair fall areas, which assists in addressing challenges of subtle hair thinning that are difficult to see otherwise.
This study found that Nourkrin significantly improved hair growth in individuals with hair loss and was well-tolerated, suggesting it may be a viable alternative to pharmacotherapy for androgenetic alopecia.
4 citations
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March 2008 in “Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease” This article discusses the challenges ESRD patients face with Medicare Part D, including high out-of-pocket costs and coverage gaps, but reports no new research data.
1 citations
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July 2022 in “Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine” This study found that high-flux hemodialysis combined with L-carnitine improved heart function, reduced inflammation, and decreased venous fistula complications in maintenance hemodialysis patients.
1 citations
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August 2013 in “International Conference on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (T2013), 20th, 2013, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia” This study reported that patients with decreased kidney function had significantly higher levels of ethyl glucuronide in hair compared to healthy volunteers, suggesting caution when using hair EtG levels to assess driving qualifications.
109 citations
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November 2011 in “Nature Neuroscience” September 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that hair follicles and urine cell pellets from noninvasive samples may be the most promising for transcriptomic analyses due to their consistent quality and applicability to disease-relevant research.
61 citations
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April 2023 in “Bioactive Materials” This review article highlights recent advances in microneedle technology for wound healing and tissue regeneration, discussing various cargo types, structural designs, and fabrication methods, and suggesting guidelines for designing microneedle systems tailored to specific applications.
57 citations
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November 2011 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This study found that transplanting human hair follicle pluripotent stem cells can promote the recovery of sciatic nerve function in a mouse model of nerve impingement.
71 citations
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January 2012 in “PloS one” This study observed that after hair cell loss in the mouse cochlea, supporting cells were replaced by migrating non-specialised cells, with genetic background affecting the rate of tissue re-organization.