11 citations
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January 2000 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This paper reviews the role of the telomere-telomerase system in cellular ageing and cancer, discussing potential therapies but reporting no new experimental results.
April 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, researchers found that the loss of SETDB1 in epidermal keratinocytes led to altered chromatin states, increased ERV expression, and activation of immune responses, while inhibiting these effects with certain antiviral drugs reduced skin inflammation and hair loss in a mouse model.
November 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that short-term treatment with ROCKi significantly increased keratinocyte stem cell proliferation without affecting their stemness, suggesting a potential safe approach for improving in vitro keratinocyte cultures for clinical applications.
34 citations
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August 2016 in “Scientific Reports” This study validated a protocol for inducing surface ectoderm differentiation from human induced pluripotent stem cells and highlighted the role of TGFβ signaling pathways in this process.
In this study, researchers found two non-synonymous SNPs in the TERT gene associated with mean wool staple strength in sheep, suggesting TERT as a potential candidate gene for improving wool traits.
22 citations
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October 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This study found that resveratrol and fisetin promoted hair growth in mice by inducing telomerase reverse transcriptase expression, which activates hair follicle stem cells and transitions follicles from a resting to a growth phase.
85 citations
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July 2002 in “Pigment Cell Research” This review examines cell senescence pathways in melanocytes, highlighting the involvement of telomere attrition, the p16/RB pathway, and cAMP signaling in the context of melanoma development, but reports no new findings.
January 2024 in “Biochemical genetics” This study investigated the gene and protein expression differences in early and late feathering chickens, identifying several pathways, like JAK-STAT and WNT, potentially involved in non-Mendelian feather growth regulation.
135 citations
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December 2006 in “PLoS Medicine” This study suggests that intermediate-size hyaluronate fragments may enhance keratinocyte proliferation and improve skin thickness in atrophic conditions through a CD44-dependent mechanism.
16 citations
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January 2018 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” In this study, researchers established five new immortalized human dermal papilla cell lines from a male with androgenetic alopecia, which may serve as valuable tools for hair research.
701 citations
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August 2014 in “Nature medicine” This study found that JAK inhibitors promote hair regrowth in both mice and human alopecia areata cases by blocking key immune pathways involved in disease development.
1 citations
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August 2022 in “BMC Plant Biology” Melatonin helps broccoli roots produce anti-cancer compounds by controlling nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide levels.
September 2023 in “Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism” This study found that the ashwagandha extracts ASH-Ext1 and ASH-Ext2 show different pharmacological activities in cell models due to their distinct withanolide proportions, highlighting the need for standardized extraction protocols to ensure consistent therapeutic efficacy.
1 citations
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March 2022 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” This study concluded that overexpressing TERT and BMI1 in cultured human dermal papilla cells extended their lifespan and enhanced their ability to induce hair growth in mice.
36 citations
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December 2021 in “The journal of allergy and clinical immunology/Journal of allergy and clinical immunology/The journal of allergy and clinical immunology” This study observed that both ritlecitinib and brepocitinib improved scalp biomarkers in patients with alopecia areata, with associations to hair regrowth seen in this phase 2a trial.
39 citations
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May 2002 in “Oral Microbiology and Immunology” In this study, dihydrotestosterone increased proliferation and decreased IL-6 production in in-vitro fibroblasts from hereditary gingival fibromatosis and normal gingiva, effects partially reversed by anti-androgens.
205 citations
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March 2012 in “Science Translational Medicine” PGD2 stops hair growth and is higher in bald men with AGA.
11 citations
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April 2020 in “Life sciences” In this study, pantothenic acid at 20 μg/ml was observed to promote dermal papilla cell proliferation and migration, likely through up-regulation of ID3 and inhibition of Notch signaling.
1 citations
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July 2022 in “British Journal of Dermatology” In this study, researchers identified key transcriptome changes in male androgenetic alopecia hair follicles, suggesting that HIF-1 pathway genes and Wnt pathway inhibitors could be potential therapeutic targets.
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.
42 citations
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September 2015 in “Gene” This study demonstrated that FGF5s acts as an inhibitor of FGF5 in regulating hair growth cycles in cashmere goat dermal papilla cells.
190 citations
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October 2002 in “The FASEB journal” In this study, androgen did not affect keratinocyte growth in coculture with androgenetic alopecia-derived dermal papilla cells, but did significantly suppress keratinocyte growth when androgen receptor was overexpressed in the papilla cells.
25 citations
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November 2017 in “Molecular Medicine Reports” This study found that PlncRNA‑1 may enhance the proliferation and differentiation of hair follicle stem cells by upregulating the TGF‑β1-mediated Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.
2 citations
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July 2023 in “Animals” In this study, researchers investigated a regulatory network in cashmere goat embryos and found that fibroblast growth factor 10, alongside non-coding RNAs, significantly influences hair follicle cell proliferation, offering insights into the biology of hair follicles in cashmere goats.
7 citations
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September 2022 in “International journal of molecular sciences” This study identified and analyzed numerous lncRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs involved in hair follicle development in cashmere goats, highlighting key regulatory pathways and suggesting roles for specific RNAs in enhancing hair follicle cell proliferation.
May 2022 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This study identified that in pig embryos, the miR-29a-5p/EDAR/lncRNA627.1 ceRNA complex plays a critical role in inhibiting hair placode precursor cells proliferation and regulating hair placode formation through the suppression of EDAR expression, which may provide insights into similar mechanisms affecting human hair conditions.
This study found that inhibiting the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier in human scalp hair follicles caused metabolic stress that halted cell proliferation and disrupted key signaling pathways, with these effects partially reversed by an integrated stress response inhibitor.
4 citations
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January 2023 in “Skin health and disease” This study shows that in a mouse model of Alopecia Areata, selective JAK1 inhibition facilitated hair regrowth and inflammation resolution while potentially offering a better safety profile compared to pan-JAK inhibition.
54 citations
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May 2015 in “Endocrinology” In this study, manipulation of the enzyme 5α-reductase type 2 in human hepatocytes altered lipogenesis, suggesting clinical implications for patients using 5α-reductase inhibitors by affecting glucocorticoid action on hepatic lipid metabolism.
13 citations
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September 2022 in “Frontiers in immunology” This study found that Ifidancitinib, a JAK1/3 inhibitor, significantly promoted hair regrowth and reduced inflammation in a mouse model of alopecia areata by decreasing pathogenic T cell activity and inducing T cell exhaustion.