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This study demonstrates that sebaceous gland loss is a common early feature in primary scarring alopecia and suggests that inflammation of sebaceous glands or ducts may contribute to follicular damage.

This review discusses the role of mTOR signaling in the epidermis, emphasizing its importance in skin processes like barrier formation and wound repair, and reports no new experimental results.

This study in SPF lambs found that primary and secondary orf virus infections trigger similar skin responses, but the primary infection caused a more severe and prolonged reaction.

This study suggests that topical minoxidil may be a promising treatment for isolated autosomal recessive woolly hair due to LIPH mutations, although effective treatments are not yet established.

This study reviews current research to better understand how various environmental and lifestyle factors, collectively known as the exposome, impact hair health and aging, acknowledging that the detailed mechanisms remain partially understood.

Early diagnosis and tailored treatments are crucial for managing ichthyosis syndromes with hair abnormalities.

This study found that in men with high genetic risk factors for polycystic ovary syndrome, there was an associated increase in obesity, type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and androgenic conditions, suggesting these genetic factors can act independently of ovarian function.

This study found that oxidative stress, measured through thiol/disulfide balance, is closely linked to the pathogenesis of telogen effluvium.

This review synthesizes current knowledge on acral vitiligo, highlighting its treatment resistance, psychosocial impact, and emerging therapies like JAK inhibitors, while identifying knowledge gaps and future research directions.

In this study involving a murine skin infection model, researchers found that the Trichophyton mentagrophytes strain TIMM 2789, specific to rodents, induced typical symptoms of superficial dermatophytosis, while revealing that the fungal gene SUB6 is not essential for virulence.

This study identified elevated CD25 on secreting CD4 regulatory T cells as a genetic risk factor for androgenetic alopecia, with certain plasma proteins acting as mediators in this causal relationship.

In this study, researchers observed elevated levels of epidermal γδ T cells, keratinocytes, and an upregulation of the BST2 gene among immune cells in C3H/HeJ mice with alopecia areata, suggesting a potential role in disease pathogenesis.

In this study, researchers found no significant differences in serum levels of ferritin, folate, vitamin B12, vitamin D, or thyroid function between patients with scarring alopecia and healthy controls, suggesting these factors may not play a major role in the disease's pathogenesis.

This review discusses how herbal therapies may help manage alopecia and improve quality of life, noting their potential benefits like lower cost and fewer side effects, but emphasizes that more clinical studies are needed for validation.

This review discusses the prevalence, pathogenesis, and treatments of androgenic alopecia but reports no new research findings; the authors emphasize the need for further exploration of novel treatment options.

This study found that overexpression of miR-1246 in peripheral CD4+ T cells can reduce markers associated with inflammation and T cell activation in severe active alopecia areata, suggesting potential therapeutic benefits.

This review synthesizes current evidence on alopecia areata, detailing its clinical features, pathogenesis, and treatment options, but does not present new clinical results.

Arg1+ macrophages may play a role in causing alopecia areata.

Hair shaft malformation contributes to Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia.

This study suggests that in alopecia areata, innate lymphoid cells type 1 may contribute to the disease’s pathogenesis by inducing hair follicle changes similarly to CD8+ T cells.

In this study, researchers observed that dysregulated innate lymphoid cells type 1, alongside CD8+ T cells, may contribute to the pathogenesis of alopecia areata by affecting hair follicle health.

This study found significant alterations in the scalp and gut microbiome of patients with alopecia areata compared to healthy controls, suggesting a potential link to systemic inflammation and autoimmune response.

This article reviews the current literature on rosacea, focusing on the new subtype classification system and the main theories of its pathogenesis, but reports no new clinical results.

This study provides quantitative evidence that secondary syphilis is highly endemic in Cali, Colombia, and many untreated patients have high numbers of circulating Treponema pallidum spirochetes.

This study found that Demodex mites may transport Microsporum canis spores on human skin, suggesting a potential role in microbial movement despite typically being considered harmless.

This research highlighted that the gut microbiota may influence ovarian health, suggesting it could be used as a biomarker for early diagnosis and treatment of diseases like PCOS, ovarian insufficiency, and ovarian cancer due to its impact on hormone levels.

Low DHEA-S levels might be linked to alopecia areata and could be a potential treatment target.