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October 2014 in “Development” Wnt, Eda, and Shh pathways are crucial for different stages of sweat gland development in mice.
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January 2014 in “Journal of Tissue Engineering” Cell-based therapies using dermal papilla cells and adipocyte lineage cells show potential for hair regeneration.
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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.
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January 2013 in “Methods in molecular biology” The method allows for 3D tracking of hair follicle stem cells and shows they can regenerate hair for up to 180 days.
January 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Skin lesions in Carney complex are likely caused by a specific group of skin cells that promote pigment production due to a genetic mutation.
March 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Removing a specific gene in certain skin cells causes hair loss on the body by disrupting normal hair development.
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May 2022 in “Cell discovery” The study found new details about human hair growth and suggests that preventing a specific biological pathway could potentially treat hair graying.
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May 2014 in “Biochemical Society Transactions” Environmental cues can change the fate and function of epithelial cells, with potential for cell therapy.
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April 2015 in “Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology/The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology” Androgens cause oil-producing skin cells with androgen receptors to mature and produce more oil.
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July 2012 in “Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology” The skin protects the body and is constantly renewed by stem cells; disruptions can lead to cancer.
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November 2018 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” The vitamin D receptor is essential for skin stem cells to grow, move, and become different cell types needed for skin healing.
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December 2008 in “Molecular biology of the cell” Disrupting Smad4 in mouse skin causes early hair follicle stem cell activity that leads to their eventual depletion.
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February 2009 in “Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology” Skin stem cells are crucial for maintaining and repairing the skin and hair, using a complex mix of signals to do so.
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April 2016 in “Science Advances” Researchers created a fully functional, bioengineered skin system with hair from stem cells that successfully integrated when transplanted into mice.
48 citations,
May 2008 in “Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms” Hair follicles offer promising targets for delivering drugs to treat hair and skin conditions.
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October 2008 in “The American journal of pathology” Blocking a specific protein signal can make hair grow on mouse nipples.
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July 2016 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” The protein Par3 is crucial for healthy skin, affecting the skin barrier, cell differentiation, and stem cell maintenance.
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June 2020 in “Scientific reports” Melatonin stimulates the skin components of ram's scrotum during their non-breeding season.
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January 2020 in “Journal of Dermatology” Cantu syndrome, which causes excessive hair growth and skin issues, is due to a mutation in the ABCC9 gene, and understanding this could help develop new treatments for hair diseases.
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December 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Pangolins have lost some skin-related genes, but kept others, showing complex skin evolution.
January 2019 in “Advances in stem cells and their niches” Skin health and repair depend on the signals between skin stem cells and their surrounding cells.
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January 2011 in “Development” Adam10 enzyme is crucial for healthy skin and proper Notch signaling.
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June 2017 in “Nature Communications” A WNT10A gene mutation leads to ectodermal dysplasia by disrupting cell growth and differentiation.
96 citations,
July 2014 in “Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine” The document concludes that adult mammalian skin contains multiple stem cell populations with specific markers, important for understanding skin regeneration and related conditions.
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January 2016 in “Elsevier eBooks” The skin is the largest organ, protecting the body, regulating temperature, and producing hormones.
29 citations,
February 2013 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” Loss of Fz6 disrupts hair follicle and associated structures' orientation.
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