5 citations
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May 2025 in “Nature Communications” This study found that in mice, high-fat diets quickly reduce the skin's ability to transfer heat, while diets preventing obesity increase skin energy loss, suggesting the skin plays an active role in energy metabolism and lipid regulation.
This study reported that pentoxifylline-loaded liposomes, optimized using a statistical design method, achieved a maximum encapsulation efficiency of 84.23% and a controlled 72-hour drug release, potentially improving therapeutic delivery of the drug with limited bioavailability.
1 citations
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January 2019 in “Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports” In this study, researchers identified two mechanisms of lipid loss from hair when exposed to surfactants, with the mechanism depending on the lipid's hydrophobicity.
29 citations
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February 2016 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This study found that patients with lichen planus were significantly more likely to have dyslipidemia, particularly with higher triglyceride levels.
20 citations
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October 2008 in “European journal of endocrinology” This study found that lipin 1β expression in both visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue is significantly lower in PCOS patients compared to controls, suggesting its involvement in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance.
1 citations
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May 2014 in “Lipid Technology” This news review reports on the latest developments in lipid technology but presents no new research findings.
4 citations
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December 2020 in “Tissue Barriers” This review explores the immunological aspects of epidermal differentiation in loricrin knockout mice, offering insights into keratinization and potential intrinsic factors affecting immune function, but provides no new clinical findings.
9 citations
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February 2018 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This study identified a novel splice site mutation in the LIPH gene associated with autosomal recessive woolly hair, contributing to understanding the genetic basis of this condition.
21 citations
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March 2017 in “Skin research and technology” In this study, extracting internal lipids from Caucasian hair fibers led to decreased water permeability, influenced by the fluidity of lipids.
2 citations
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February 2025 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” In a randomized clinical trial presented in this study, a novel lip hydrant with polyherbal extracts significantly reduced lip roughness and chapped lips compared to petroleum gel over 28 days among Thai participants, although both treatments improved perceived lip dryness.
1 citations
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December 2016 in “Revista română de medicină de laborator” This study reported the first case of a NIPAL4 c.527C>A mutation in Romanian patients with autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis, finding that NIPAL4 mutations are more common than TGM1 mutations in this population.
49 citations
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November 2021 in “Annual review of pathology” This review discusses the regulatory roles of lysophospholipids like LPA and S1P in diseases such as fibrosis, neuropathic pain, and cancer, but reports no new clinical results.
June 2022 in “Authorea (Authorea)” This case report describes a 59-year-old Afro-American woman diagnosed with lipedematous alopecia, a rare scalp condition of unknown cause.
39 citations
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August 1998 in “FEBS Letters” In this study, researchers identified two novel peptidylarginine deiminases from treated rat keratinocytes, both showing enzyme activity with PAD‐R11 reflecting a characteristic of epidermal enzymes.
40 citations
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July 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, knockout mice lacking the Cyp4f39 gene showed severe skin barrier dysfunction and high early mortality, suggesting its critical role in skin barrier formation and insights into ichthyosis pathogenesis.
July 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” ATR12-351 ointment safely delivers LEKTI protein to the skin, reducing enzyme activity in Netherton syndrome.
10 citations
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July 2014 in “Annals of Saudi Medicine” This case report describes a rare concurrence of Morbihan disease with eyelid edema and extrafacial lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei in a patient, noting improvement of truncal lesions with roxithromycin and resolution of eyelid edema following surgical treatment.
26 citations
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May 1991 in “Clinical and experimental dermatology” In this study, oral etretinate resulted in increased hair length and loss of beading in a childhood monilethrix case, while the scalp's keratosis pilaris persisted.
30 citations
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May 2008 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This case report describes a 52-year-old black woman with diffuse scalp swelling and thinning hair attributed to a large increase in the thickness of scalp subcutaneous fatty tissue.
9 citations
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December 2018 in “JAAD case reports” This study details the characteristics of lipedematous alopecia and lipedematous scalp, two rare scalp conditions, suggesting they may represent different stages of the same disorder, with lipedematous scalp lacking the hair loss seen in lipedematous alopecia.
1 citations
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August 2024 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study found that after 15 months of treatment with ritlecitinib, patients with alopecia areata and less than 95% initial hair loss experienced significant hair regrowth, though those with more extensive hair loss showed more variable improvement.
3 citations
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March 2024 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Low-dose naltrexone helps improve symptoms and stabilize frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planopilaris.
This study found that periodic red light exposure in aged mice increased histone acetylation and activated metabolic processes in keratinocytes, mitigating cellular aging through enhanced fatty acid oxidation and altered gene expression related to lipid metabolism.
December 2023 in “Journal of molecular structure” This study found that hair membrane fluidity is low in the cuticle but high in the cortex and medulla, with treatments like ionic surfactants and oleic acid increasing fluidity in hydrated hair; however, dehydration significantly reduces fluidity throughout the hair.
3 citations
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December 2017 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” In this case study, researchers observed reversible scalp hair loss associated with centrifugal lipodystrophy, potentially linked to altered leptin expression in inflamed adipose tissue.
39 citations
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January 1977 in “Dermatology” This study found that the retinoic acid derivative Ro 10-9359 cleared psoriasis lesions in over half of the patients, but most experienced side effects, including skin issues and altered liver enzyme levels.
6 citations
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February 2024 in “Pharmaceutics” This study found that echogenic liposomes improved the delivery and penetration of CRISPR/Cas9 genetic materials into cardiomyocytes, both in vitro and in vivo, especially when combined with ultrasound, highlighting a promising strategy for cardiovascular gene therapy.
This study found that periodic red light exposure increased histone acetylation and activated metabolic processes in aged mice, leading to enhanced fatty acid oxidation and the mitigation of cellular aging by influencing gene expression and metabolic regulation.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” RNase L suppresses regeneration in mammals.
4 citations
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January 2017 in “Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin” This study found that inhibiting arachidonate 12-lipoxygenase (ALOX12) may enhance hair cuticle maturation by increasing S100A3 protein citrullination and promoting cuticular differentiation in isolated human hair follicles.