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January 2023 in “Burns and trauma” This study found that tdDPC-EVs significantly improved wound healing by enhancing angiogenesis through the KLF4/VEGFA axis, offering advantages over traditional DPC-EVs.
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March 2021 in “Skin health and disease” This review evaluates laboratory models used in androgenetic alopecia research but reports no new findings, emphasizing the potential of human-derived 3-D models for future studies.
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January 2020 in “Benha Journal of Applied Sciences” This study found that DEFB1 polymorphisms, specifically the rs1800972 CG and GG genotypes, may predict susceptibility to and severity of alopecia areata.
July 2026 in “npj Regenerative Medicine” This study identified a crucial Gli2-Serpinh1 regulatory axis that regulates fibroblast state transitions during skin wound healing, shedding light on fibroblast heterogeneity and suggesting potential precision regenerative therapies.
April 2026 in “Communications Biology” In this study of Danioninae species, researchers reported that the presence of breeding tubercles on the pectoral fins is conserved in certain species and linked to local androgen conversion, with steroid 5-α-reductase playing a crucial role in their development.
April 2026 in “Research Square” This study found that dapagliflozin enhanced mitochondrial quality control and adaptive autophagy in human cardiomyocytes under hypoxic stress, suggesting that these mechanisms may contribute to the cardioprotective effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in ischemic injury.
March 2026 in “Plastic and Aesthetic Research” This review highlights that exosomes from adipose-derived stem cells, particularly those enriched with circ-Ash1l, can inhibit ferroptosis and reduce UVB-induced skin aging by delivering GPX4-promoting signals to damaged cells, thus offering a potential regenerative therapy for photoaged skin.
March 2026 in “Aging Research” This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of skin aging research, highlighting the interplay of genetic and environmental factors, cellular mechanisms, and advances in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, while also addressing current debates and future directions in the anti-aging field.
February 2026 in “Frontiers in Immunology” In this review, researchers detail how immunosenescence and chronic neuroinflammation contribute to Parkinson's disease progression, exploring potential therapeutic strategies targeting this axis, such as senolytic agents and immune rejuvenation, while highlighting associated challenges and future research needs.
November 2025 in “Cancer Management and Research” This study highlighted Keratin 17's critical role in cancer therapy resistance across several malignancies, involving various signaling pathways, and identified it as a significant biomarker and potential therapeutic target, particularly in reversing resistance.
October 2025 in “Communications Medicine” This study found that using a combination of genotypic and primarily phenotypic reanalysis significantly enhances the accuracy of molecular diagnoses in patients suspected of having monogenic diabetes.
July 2025 in “Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology” This review highlights how the development of forensic DNA phenotyping systems like IrisPlex, HIrisPlex, and HIrisPlex-S has advanced criminal investigation by accurately predicting physical traits such as eye, hair, and skin color from DNA, thereby improving the precision and relevance of forensic applications.
July 2025 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that dermal papilla cell-conditioned medium can protect against UV-induced skin aging in a mouse model by modulating ferroptosis pathways, highlighting its potential for treating oxidative stress-related skin conditions.
July 2025 in “Scientific Reports” In this study, researchers identified six novel prognostic biomarkers for bladder cancer and developed a predictive model that effectively stratifies patients into high-risk and low-risk groups based on immune cell infiltration differences and gene expression.
July 2025 in “International Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy Sciences” This review explores the potential of microneedling as a drug delivery system for treating melasma, focusing on its mechanisms, safety, efficacy, and clinical advantages over conventional therapies like hydroquinone and lasers.
December 2024 in “Frontiers in Veterinary Science” This study on Dorper sheep identified important genetic factors influencing hair follicle development, finding that expression patterns and genes like DBI, FZD3, and ZDHHC21 play a crucial role in wool shedding, which could help improve understanding of mammalian skin-related traits and human hair advancement.
December 2024 in “African Journal of Biomedical Research” This review discusses various risk factors and potential therapeutic interventions for PCOS but reports no new clinical results.
March 2024 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that a combined genotypic and phenotypic reanalysis increased molecular diagnostic accuracy from 9% to 26% in a cohort of unresolved monogenic diabetes cases, identifying five previously overlooked genetic defects.
September 2023 in “Curēus” This source discusses the complexity of cancer research, emphasizing that despite extensive studies, a comprehensive understanding of metastatic progression and therapeutic development remains elusive, and underscores the importance of animal models in breast cancer research.
December 2022 in “Research Square (Research Square)” In this study, type I interferon response-related genes activated by RIG-1 and IL-17 signaling pathways were significantly up-regulated in both hair follicles and skin tissues affected by chronic discoidal lupus erythematosus.
October 2022 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that type I interferon response-related genes activated by RIG-1 and IL-17 pathways were significantly up-regulated in hair follicle and skin samples with chronic discoidal lupus erythematosus.
This genetic study identified a potential interval for the Marie Unna hypotrichosis gene but found no mutations in the nearby hr gene, suggesting its involvement remains unconfirmed.
This study found that Nubian ibex have developed genetic adaptations in response to their desert environment, including enhanced skin barrier, DNA repair, viral response, and metabolism of toxic compounds.
January 2018 in “Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine” This paper reviews the role of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes in epidermal homeostasis, hair regeneration, and skin repair, noting contributions to 3D-genomic organization and suppression of UV-induced hyper-proliferation, without presenting new results.
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July 2014 in “Molecular Biology Reports”
April 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study identified distinct and diverse fibroblast populations in female scalp cells that lose their signature and identity with age, highlighting significant age-related changes, such as increased fibrosis, DNA damage, and senescence, which may affect scalp dermal support for healthy hair follicles.
January 2024 in “Wiadomości Lekarskie” In this case-control study, researchers investigated the association between SIRT1 gene polymorphisms and colorectal cancer risk, finding no statistically significant differences in polymorphism frequencies between patients and controls, but noted trends that warrant further study in larger populations.
September 2025 in “Development” In this study, deleting the transcriptional pause factor Nelfb in mouse preadipocyte lineages led to defective dermal fat formation and lethal outcomes, while interventions targeting Pparg could rescue adipocyte differentiation and promote dermal white adipose tissue formation, underscoring Nelfb's critical role in adipogenesis.
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May 2023 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” This study found that DKK1-targeting siRNA, which may activate the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, showed hair growth results in mice similar to those treated with the FDA-approved minoxidil, suggesting potential as an androgenetic alopecia therapy.
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December 2016 in “Cell Death & Differentiation” This study found that transient mtDNA double strand breaks in mice accelerated aging in certain tissues through increased reactive oxygen species, independent of p21/p53 pathway mediation.