106 citations
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September 2010 in “Stem cells” This study found that skin-derived precursor cells in mice can originate from both neural crest and somite lineages but show functional similarities regardless of their developmental origins.
66 citations
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March 2019 in “Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences” This review discusses melanocyte development, emphasizing the plasticity of melanoblasts and the role of both intrinsic and extracellular signals in their differentiation and migration, with no new clinical results reported.
59 citations
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February 2012 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” This review discusses the multiple layers of environmental controls on hair stem cell homeostasis and suggests that targeting these layers could offer safer regenerative medicine therapies without directly using stem cells.
1 citations
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August 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study explores ear pinna development in mice and reports that elastic cartilage formation is disrupted in a short ear mutant, correlating with increased adult adipocytes and impaired chondrogenesis.
61 citations
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June 2018 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” This study found that light stimulation of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in the eyes can activate hair follicle stem cells through a neural circuit involving the sympathetic nervous system.
17 citations
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April 2017 in “PLoS ONE” This study found that neural crest-derived hair follicle cells in mice can differentiate into osteoblast-like cells, suggesting a potential application for bone regenerative therapies.
10 citations
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January 2014 in “BioMed research international” In this study, dermal papilla cells from rat vibrissae showed potential for treating CNS injuries by secreting neurotrophic factors and promoting neuronal differentiation more effectively than bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
7 citations
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January 2012 This study used artificial neural networks to predict hair loss by analyzing factors like gender and zinc deficiency, suggesting neural networks may effectively model hair loss prediction.
3 citations
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September 2018 in “Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition” This study found that pyramidal neural precursors best grew neurites on matrigel, while neural stem cells differentiated directionally on aligned fibrin, suggesting the importance of biomaterial selection for cell culture.
11 citations
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March 2025 in “Environmental Monitoring and Assessment” This review discusses how faecal pollution contributes to antimicrobial resistance in surface water and highlights the need for standardized methods and better wastewater management but reports no new clinical results.
1 citations
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May 2025 in “Journal of Digital Information Management” This study evaluated different convolutional neural network architectures for diagnosing scalp and hair diseases, and found that VGG16 and VGG19 consistently outperformed other models in accuracy, demonstrating their effectiveness and reliability in this medical application.
January 2025 in “Journal of Veterinary Medical Science” In this study, researchers observed that genetically identical cloned dogs, when exposed to different environments like an airport and a police station for two years, exhibited significant differences in toxic mineral concentrations and intestinal microbiota composition, suggesting that environment influences physiological traits even among clones.
284 citations
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February 2008 in “Pediatrics” This review discusses the potential impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and body size on pubertal onset and progression, highlighting critical gaps and priorities for future research without presenting new clinical results.
7 citations
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January 2012 This study reported that in the California Ground Squirrel, certain elements bioaccumulate in hair, providing baseline data for environmental health assessments.
November 2023 in “Research Square (Research Square)” In this study, researchers used NIR-II fluorescence imaging to track the survival and migration of EPI-NCSCs in rat models, finding that these stem cells aided in repairing facial nerve defects when applied via acellular nerve allografts.
5 citations
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May 2023 in “Frontiers in immunology” This review discusses how environmental factors like lifestyle, nutrition, and vitamin deficiencies may influence autoimmune diseases such as MS, SLE, and AA, highlighting associations with vitamin D levels and dietary interventions, but notes a lack of conclusive evidence for their roles in disease pathogenesis.
1 citations
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November 2015 This study observed that human dental pulp stem cells can differentiate into adipocytes and osteocytes, but their potential for neural differentiation remains uncertain due to similar responses seen in undifferentiated cells.
This study developed a new analytical method to identify a wide range of endocrine disrupting compounds in full-term amniotic fluid, revealing diverse substances with potential endocrine activity.
103 citations
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October 2003 in “Birth Defects Research” This review discusses the multifactorial etiology of hypospadias, including genetic predispositions and possible environmental factors, and highlights the need for further studies on genetic and environmental contributions to its increasing prevalence, without presenting new findings.
37 citations
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June 2021 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This review discusses how acute exposures to environmental and internal stressors can quickly alter skin functions, leading to various dermatological symptoms, and calls for more research on these short-term effects.
April 2018 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that age-related changes in scalp dermal fibroblasts, including increased MMP-1 and reduced ECM components, may significantly affect the hair follicle environment and contribute to hair aging.
1 citations
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October 2023 In this study, the authors found that syntax-based neural networks performed comparably to pre-trained Transformers on tasks involving definitely unseen sentences, suggesting they are a more transparent and parameter-efficient alternative for certain Natural Language Processing applications.
March 2026 in “Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine” In this review, the authors discuss recent advancements in underwater adhesion technologies, specifically highlighting mussel-inspired catechol-based adhesives, which offer strong underwater bonding through various interfacial interactions and the influence of dopamine-modified polymeric tissue adhesives.
127 citations
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December 2005 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study provides evidence that psychoemotional stress inhibits hair growth in mice by affecting the brain-hair follicle axis, with specific neuropeptides and treatments modulating this effect.
25 citations
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May 2020 in “Progress in Organic Coatings” This study found that bio-based waterborne polyurethanes derived from castor oil may offer effective hair-styling performance without skin irritation and appear to be safer for the environment compared to traditional hair sprays.
3 citations
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October 2021 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study used in vivo confocal microscopy and a ResNet34 deep learning model to classify meibomian gland images with an AUROC greater than 0.95, indicating its potential for automatic diagnosis and screening of meibomian gland dysfunction.
May 2020 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that hair follicle stem cells, when transplanted in a rat model of ischaemic stroke, migrated to affected areas, expressed neuron-specific markers, and reduced infarct volume, suggesting potential therapeutic benefits.
December 2025 in “Al-Iraqia Medical College Journal” This study explored the relationships between virus susceptibility to infection and several factors, finding that higher heat tolerance and larger virus size correlated positively with infection susceptibility, while high humidity and higher mutation rates correlated inversely among eight RNA viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza.
46 citations
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July 2007 in “Journal of comparative neurology” This study found that Florida manatees have unique types of specialized nerve endings in their vibrissae, which assist in their sensory and manipulative functions in aquatic environments.
January 2024 in “Wiadomości Lekarskie” This source reports that clinical trials using advanced Deep Brain Stimulation systems, augmented with AI to integrate kinematic data, eye tracking, and cognitive assessments, show promise in improving diagnostic accuracy and monitoring symptoms for patients with Parkinson's disease.