April 2023 in “Cancer research” This study suggests that KRTAP2-3 may serve as a novel biomarker to identify cells in the polyaneuploid cancer cell state, which is linked to therapy resistance and poor prognosis in prostate cancer.
7 citations
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January 2015 in “PubMed” This study found that patients with alopecia areata had higher plasma osteopontin levels compared to healthy controls, but complete recovery after DPCP treatment did not significantly reduce these levels.
42 citations
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November 2002 in “The American journal of pathology” This study observed that nuclear β-catenin expression in non-small-cell lung carcinomas correlates with increased proliferation and loss of key cell-cycle checkpoints, suggesting an oncogenic advantage.
2 citations
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October 2024 in “Phenomics” 24 citations
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January 2023 in “Cancer Research” This study suggests that activating AMPK to phosphorylate ZDHHC13 may enhance MC1R function and reduce melanoma risk in individuals with red hair.
92 citations
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May 2004 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” 21 citations
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November 2021 in “Cells” This review discusses the challenges and opportunities in targeting the hedgehog pathway for aggressive cancers, emphasizing the complexities of treatment resistance, immune response, and the potential of combining immune checkpoint inhibitors with hedgehog pathway inhibitors, but reports no new clinical results.
1 citations
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September 2010 in “UEF eRepo (University of Eastern Finland)” This study provides insight into AR-mediated gene activation and the molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer progression and drug resistance, identifying potential avenues for developing new therapies.
114 citations
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May 2001 in “Development” This study found that overexpressing the Hoxc13 gene in mice causes hair loss and a skin condition similar to ichthyosis, identifying several gene targets that may regulate hair growth.
37 citations
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November 2017 in “Medical Sciences” This study suggests that melanoma tumor cells exhibit intrinsic plasticity, challenging the applicability of the cancer stem cell model to this malignancy.
29 citations
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June 2015 in “Kidney International” This study developed a kidney-specific knockout mouse model lacking the Flcn gene, which recapitulates human Birt-Hogg-Dubé kidney tumorigenesis and shows that mTOR pathway inhibition with rapamycin can suppress tumor growth.
July 2023 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” This study found that the E6 gene, but not E7, was responsible for HPV8-induced expansion of keratinocyte stem cells in hair follicle junctional zones in mice.
26 citations
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June 2003 in “PubMed” In this study, severe hair loss occurred in PKC epsilon transgenic mice treated with DFMO during skin tumor prevention, highlighting a link between polyamine biosynthesis, hair follicle maintenance, and metastasis suppression.
4 citations
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January 2021 in “Journal of Clinical Medical Research” This review provides an in-depth analysis of the structure and function of c-kit activation, and its role in both normal physiological and pathological conditions, with no new research findings reported.
438 citations
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October 2010 in “Oncogene” This review discusses the role of keratins in epithelial cell stress protection and cancer, highlighting their potential as multifunctional regulators and diagnostic markers, without presenting new research findings.
January 2006 in “Chieh P'ou Hsueh Pao” In this study, the researchers observed that transfecting hair follicle cells with an amino-terminal truncated beta-catenin gene significantly increased cell proliferation, potentially by enhancing c-myc gene expression.
4 citations
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June 2024 in “The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences” This study found that in mouse embryonic fibroblast cells lacking autophagy function, overexpression of Atg5 increased cell proliferation, while restoring autophagy reversed this effect, highlighting Atg5's dual role in tumorigenesis depending on autophagy conditions.
2 citations
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January 2021 in “The Scientific Journal of Al-Azhar Medical Faculty Girls” This study found that patients with alopecia areata had higher serum osteopontin levels and more eye abnormalities compared to healthy controls, although visual acuity was not affected.
6 citations
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December 2019 in “Frontiers in genetics” In this study, animal model observations suggested that GLI1 expression may reduce cSCC initiation but is not involved in the tumor's aggressiveness.
5 citations
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August 2021 in “Experimental dermatology” This study suggests that Merkel cell polyomavirus T antigen-positive cells resembling Merkel cell carcinoma may originate from epithelial cells in human hair follicles, potentially informing future transgenic mouse models for this cancer.
39 citations
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September 2018 in “American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A” This case report describes a 32-month-old girl with a newly identified pediatric disorder linked to a de novo mutation in the ODC1 gene, mirroring symptoms seen in a transgenic mouse model.
February 2022 in “Authorea (Authorea)” This report presents a case of a seven-year-old girl with porokeratotic adnexal ostial nevus manifesting as hyperkeratotic verrucous papules on her left foot.
10 citations
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March 2022 in “Frontiers in Oncology” This study found that the overexpression of the lncRNA HOTTIP in glioma cells increased resistance to the chemotherapy drug temozolomide, suggesting a key role for miR-10b and EMT processes in this resistance.
November 2019 in “British Journal of Dermatology” FOL-005 peptide may help treat excessive hair growth safely.
8 citations
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December 2003 in “Experimental Dermatology” In this study, injecting chimeric RNA–DNA oligonucleotides into mice skin caused a temporary mutation in keratin 17, altering hair morphology, but the mutation was transient due to genetic compensation or cell replacement.
20 citations
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February 2016 in “American Journal of Pathology” This study indicates that the OVOL1-OVOL2 axis may play a significant role in hair follicle differentiation and growth, potentially serving as therapeutic targets for hair disorders like alopecia and in the tumorigenesis of pilomatricoma.
1 citations
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March 2003 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Early sunburn treatment with certain inhibitors may reduce skin cancer risk.
March 2022 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study identified altered mRNA and lncRNA profiles in NS scalp tissues, highlighting CDKN2AIP as a downregulated gene involved in a ceRNA network.
32 citations
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January 2010 in “Journal of Korean Medical Science” This case report describes a rare instance of functioning adrenocortical oncocytoma in a 14-year-old girl with virilization and reviews related literature.
1 citations
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September 2011 in “Journal of Dermatology” This letter reports a woman with nevoid basal carcinoma syndrome and pronounced androgenic alopecia associated with a novel PTCH gene mutation p.Leu1159fsx32, suggesting a genetic link in this case study.