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March 2013 in “Gynecological Endocrinology” This study found that women with PCOS had significantly higher angiotensin converting enzyme activity and insulin resistance compared to controls, suggesting a correlation between these factors.
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November 2022 in “Baghdad Journal of Biochemistry and Applied Biological Sciences” This study found that renin and d-dimer levels were significantly higher in PCOS patients, particularly those also infected with COVID-19, compared to non-PCOS women.
39 citations
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March 2009 in “Clinics in plastic surgery” This review discusses the evolution and studies of injection lipolysis for fat reduction, highlighting the need for more research to ensure patient safety and treatment efficacy; it reports no new clinical results.
7 citations
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March 2002 in “Aesthetic Surgery Journal” This article describes techniques for hair restoration surgery, including using intradermal sutures for donor area closure and employing the retroauricular ellipse from a facelift as a donor site, but reports no new clinical results.
3 citations
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January 2010 Refined open donor harvesting techniques can reduce hair follicle damage in hair restoration surgery.
2 citations
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January 2022 in “Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study found that a refined wash test can effectively differentiate shedding hair characteristics among normal individuals, and patients with androgenetic alopecia or telogen effluvium, aiding in diagnosis and monitoring.
1 citations
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February 2019 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Using three-hair grafts from the back of the head for eyebrow transplantation offers a natural look and reduces scarring.
1 citations
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January 1998 in “Seminars in Plastic Surgery” Hair transplantation using micro- and minigraft megasessions is safe, effective, and provides natural results with high patient satisfaction.
This chapter reviews techniques and considerations for facial hair transplantation, including the restoration of beards and eyebrows, and provides guidance on candidate selection and managing complications, reporting no new clinical results.
March 2019 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This journal overview describes the Dermatologic Surgery publication's focus on a wide range of skin surgery topics and reports no specific research findings.
January 2017 in “SM dermatology journal” This article presents eyebrow transplantation techniques developed from over 1,000 procedures at the authors' clinic, with no new clinical outcomes reported.
29 citations
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May 2018 in “Clinical Endocrinology” This review discusses the differential diagnosis of low-renin hypertension and highlights recent genetic discoveries related to familial forms, but it presents no new clinical results.
25 citations
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December 1974 in “Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics” Propranolol affects heart rate and renin levels in minoxidil-treated patients.
1 citations
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June 2023 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This study found that hydralazine and minoxidil, two direct vasodilators, may worsen abdominal aortic aneurysm progression by increasing aortic degeneration and inflammation.
January 2020 in “the british journal of cardiology” This case report suggests that the progestogen-only pill may cause false-positive aldosterone/renin ratio results in primary hyperaldosteronism screening, indicating it should be omitted before testing.
May 2019 in “Clinica chimica acta” This study reported that mice with more diverse gut microbiota showed higher hair levels of certain hormones and 1-AG compared to those with less diverse microbiota, though plasma differences were more complex and varied by stress and sex.
January 2022 in “Journal of Orthopedic Practice” This study introduces modified skin boards with channels to retain lubricant on the skin, maintaining their effectiveness in stretching and flattening during harvesting.
57 citations
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February 1975 in “Journal of Clinical Investigation” This study found that minoxidil increased plasma renin activity in patients with hypertension through both an adrenergic mechanism related to heart rate changes and a secondary mechanism unrelated to propranolol.
14 citations
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January 2000 in “Endocrine Journal” This case report documents a 57-year-old woman with a renin-producing adrenocortical carcinoma, revealing metastasis in the neck and providing insights into treatment effectiveness with trilostane and mitotane.
6 citations
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July 2024 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” In this study, researchers found that a composition containing mannose-6-phosphate significantly reduced the total skin pore area by 24% in women after 56 days and by 30.2% in men after 7 days, suggesting its effectiveness in improving pore appearance by targeting dermal and epidermal modifications.
6 citations
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January 2025 in “RSC Medicinal Chemistry” This review discusses the signaling mechanisms of RAAS, the current drugs targeting RAAS, their limitations, and suggests innovative strategies for developing new therapeutics but reports no new results.
31 citations
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March 2011 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study classified hairline contours in Asian women and concluded that their refined hair transplantation techniques may help correct wide foreheads with M-shaped or rectangular hairline contours.
June 2026 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review highlights the potential for JAK inhibitors to effectively treat inflammatory and autoimmune skin diseases by targeting the JAK-STAT signaling pathway, advocating for an integrated approach to enhance targeted therapy.
April 2026 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This study reported that a standardized hair transplantation procedure significantly improved both patient and surgeon satisfaction with aesthetic results for East Asian women with non-ideal facial proportions, achieving a natural-looking hairline without significant complications.
January 1969 in “Santes Creus: Boletín del Archivo Bibliográfico de Santes Creus” In this study, researchers identified wound-induced gene expression programs during regeneration initiation in planarians, highlighting the importance of the runt-1 gene and other conserved genes in the process.
172 citations
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December 1994 in “The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology” This study introduces a hair transplantation method combining elliptical excision and micrografting, suggesting it provides significant cosmetic improvements for androgenetic alopecia.
3 citations
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May 2019 in “Cytotherapy” In this study, only a subset of proposed biomarkers universally responded to priming in mesenchymal stromal cells, suggesting limited utility for standardized potency assays across different MSC types and conditions.
34 citations
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September 2020 in “BMC Endocrine Disorders” This review highlights that while dexamethasone may reduce mortality in severe COVID-19, no other drugs have proven effectiveness for treatment, emphasizing the need for clinical trials of existing medications.
18 citations
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October 2020 in “Radiation Research” This review discusses the similarities between COVID-19 and acute radiation syndrome, highlighting their shared inflammatory responses and suggesting that insights from radiation biology could inform COVID-19 research and treatment approaches; it reports no new clinical results.
13 citations
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December 2012 in “Frontiers in bioscience” This review discusses the potential role of vitamin D deficiency in cardiovascular and renal diseases and suggests that supplemental vitamin D could benefit cardiovascular outcomes, especially in African American and postmenopausal women; it reports no new clinical findings.