85 citations
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May 2009 in “Hippocampus” This study found that progesterone enhances the survival of newborn neurons in the hippocampus of adult male mice, which is associated with improved spatial learning and memory.
40 citations
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May 2014 in “PLoS ONE” This study suggests that chronic stress can lead to decreased skin pigmentation in mice by disrupting the skin's HPA axis, potentially making stress a risk factor for depigmentation.
11 citations
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May 2015 in “Stem Cells Translational Medicine” This study found that megestrol acetate increases the proliferation, migration, and adipogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells through glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation.
January 2022 in “Figshare” This study suggests that stress-associated hair loss may occur due to increased androgen receptor expression and activity induced by dexamethasone in human and mouse dermal papilla cells.
January 2010 in “Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Nanjing” This study found that progesterone increased the survival of newborn neurons and enhanced spatial learning and memory in adult male mice, independent of neuron production changes.
January 2005 in “Enlighten: Publications (The University of Glasgow)” In this transgenic mouse study, preliminary findings suggest that overt melanocyte hyperplasia may require prior keratinocyte hyperplasia, indicating a potential role for keratinocyte mutation in early melanoma development.
38 citations
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April 2018 in “Psychopharmacology/Psychopharmacologia” In this study, socially defeated mice showed increased alcohol consumption, and CRF-R1 antagonism selectively reduced drinking in these mice, suggesting a potential treatment target for stress-related alcohol use disorders.
11 citations
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January 2014 in “CellBio” Sex steroids, especially progesterone, can slow down the growth of mouse melanoma cells.
4 citations
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October 2007 in “Dermatologic Clinics” This review discusses the roles of glucocorticoid and sex hormone receptors in the skin and their clinical importance, but reports no new research findings.
January 2014 in “Side effects of drugs annual” This review discusses the 2011 publications on the side effects of sex hormones and related compounds, without reporting new clinical results.
44 citations
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February 2009 in “Pain” This study found that progesterone can inhibit spinal reflex potentiation in ovariectomized rats through GABA(A) receptor activity, mediated by neurosteroid metabolism rather than direct progesterone receptor action.
49 citations
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October 2009 in “Cancer research” This study found that disrupting Stat3 in keratinocyte stem cells of mice reduced skin tumor formation by approximately 80%, suggesting Stat3's role in tumor initiation survival mechanisms.
238 citations
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February 2007 in “Journal of Neuroscience” This study found that neurosteroids can reorganize GABA A receptors in mice, mimicking ovarian cycle changes, with the process being mediated by neurosteroid levels rather than direct hormone receptor activation.
170 citations
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July 2012 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, researchers showed that Wnt ligands secreted by hair follicle epithelium are crucial for hair follicle regeneration and may be significant for treating hair disorders like alopecia.
4 citations
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January 2014 in “RSC Advances” A new, less toxic and more efficient method to create the anti-baldness compound RU58841 was developed in 2014.
829 citations
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May 2007 in “Nature” Hair follicles can regrow in wounded adult mouse skin using a process like embryo development.
403 citations
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November 2005 in “Journal of Endocrinology” This review discusses the role of DHEA in intracrinology, highlighting its impact on breast and prostate cancer treatment and potential as a menopause therapy, but reports no new research findings.
351 citations
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February 2010 in “Nature Cell Biology” Basal cell carcinoma mostly starts from cells in the upper skin layers, not hair follicle stem cells.
265 citations
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July 2012 in “Cell” This study found multipotent progenitors in sweat ducts that become unipotent after sweat gland development, highlighting distinct regenerative capabilities in adult glandular skin stem cell populations.
260 citations
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June 2011 in “Cell” This study found that Wnt signaling in the hair follicle is crucial for coordinating the behavior of epithelial and melanocyte stem cells, which drives hair regeneration and melanocyte differentiation in mice.
242 citations
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February 2016 in “Science” This research found that Foxc1 transcription factor and COL17A1 are critical in regulating quiescence and hair thinning in hair follicle stem cells, with aging-related DNA damage leading to hair loss.
173 citations
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January 2014 in “Nature Cell Biology” This study found that Wnt signalling activates hair follicle fate in hair follicle stem cells by relieving TCF3/4–TLE-mediated repression, with β-catenin being crucial for this process.
147 citations
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September 2006 in “Developmental Cell” This study found that Smad7 perturbs hair follicle development while promoting sebaceous gland formation by antagonizing Wnt/β-catenin signaling in transgenic mice.
137 citations
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April 2015 in “Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology” This review discusses the distinct roles and surprising developmental flexibility of multiple somatic stem cell types in tissue maintenance and repair, reporting no new results but highlighting emerging questions about their regulation and origins.
82 citations
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March 2012 in “Development” This study found that deleting the miRNA processing enzymes Drosha and Dicer from mouse skin epithelial cells disrupted normal hair follicle development and maintenance, leading to follicular degradation and stem cell loss during the growth phase.
78 citations
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June 2013 in “Science” This study found that mice lacking the Sept4/ARTS gene had more hair follicle stem cells and improved wound healing, suggesting apoptosis regulation as a potential target in regenerative medicine.
77 citations
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March 2021 in “Nature” In this study, increased corticosterone from chronic stress prolonged hair follicle stem cell quiescence in mice, inhibiting regeneration, but restoring Gas6 expression overcame this inhibition.
77 citations
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July 2020 in “Cell” This study found that sympathetic nerves and arrector pili muscles form a niche that modulates hair follicle stem cell activity, revealing their role in hair follicle regeneration.
75 citations
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October 2016 in “Genes & Development” This study found that Sonic Hedgehog secreted by hair follicle transit-amplifying cells is essential for dermal adipogenesis and hair follicle growth by acting on adipocyte precursors.
65 citations
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August 2007 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that prostaglandin metabolism enzymes are present in human hair follicles, suggesting a potential role in hair growth and differentiation, with some expression differences between men and women.