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August 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that electrospun membranes with aligned surface topography enhanced wound healing and hair follicle regeneration while modulating the immune response in a mouse skin wound model.
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April 2025 in “Frontiers in Medicine” This editorial synthesizes research on UV-induced skin damage, highlighting potential therapeutic strategies by mapping cellular changes, identifying molecular mechanisms, demonstrating melanocyte protection, and proving combination therapy effectiveness in conditions like vitiligo.
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May 2023 in “PubMed” The researchers in this study identified a new subpopulation of dermal fibroblasts in neonatal murine dermis marked by EGFR, which they report contributes to hair follicle regeneration through the promotion of IGF1, potentially aiding in wound-induced hair follicle neogenesis.
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March 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that Dermal Fibroblast Progenitors have repressed chromatin profiles which hinder their ability to reform skin in allograft assays despite their differentiation potential.
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March 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, the researchers reported that using a biodegradable ECM scaffold for large-area wound regeneration accelerated wound coverage and improved hair follicle neogenesis by activating the adaptive immune system.
July 2026 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Tanshinone Capsule may help regrow hair by boosting specific cell signals.
July 2026 in “npj Regenerative Medicine” This study identified a crucial Gli2-Serpinh1 regulatory axis that regulates fibroblast state transitions during skin wound healing, shedding light on fibroblast heterogeneity and suggesting potential precision regenerative therapies.
This study found that chemically induced skin tumors in mice predominantly originated from Lgr6 + and/or Lrig1 + stem cells of the upper hair follicle rather than from other stem cell populations.
June 2026 in “Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde)” In this study, researchers found that inhibiting IKKα in patient-derived CCS tumour models reduces tumour viability, supporting the potential for topical IKKα inhibitors as a treatment for CCS.
January 2026 in “China National GeneBank DataBase” This study found that human hair follicle-derived mesenchymal stem cells demonstrated enhanced wound healing capabilities compared to umbilical cord-derived stem cells in laboratory and animal models.
This study identified 19 genetic risk loci and 16 potential causal genes related to PCOS, highlighting the role of immune cell-specific mechanisms in its pathogenesis.
January 2025 in “PLoS ONE” This study found that aligned electrospinning membranes enhance skin wound healing by upregulating MMP12 expression and inhibiting fibroblast migration, which results in reduced scar formation, providing valuable insights for developing more effective biological dressings.
November 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The research aims to better understand hair follicle regulation and find new treatments for hair loss.
In this study using a mouse model, researchers utilized single-cell RNA sequencing to create a comprehensive cellular atlas of infected versus uninfected wounds, revealing that Enterococcus faecalis infections lead to immunosuppressive changes in skin cells and disrupt normal wound healing processes.
May 2024 in “Journal of Advanced Research” In this study, researchers found that the interaction between dermal papilla and endothelial cells decreases with age, affecting signaling pathways that promote hair regeneration and angiogenesis in mouse models.
March 2024 in “Cancer Research” This study found that eliminating senescent cells using senolytic drugs effectively prevented and reversed paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy in mice.
November 2023 in “npj regenerative medicine” This study found that engineered reconstituted skin can form morphogenetic units that promote tissue patterning and hair regeneration, with certain signaling pathways restoring this ability in adult and fetal cells.
November 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study suggests that hemoglobin α expression in the epidermis is induced by oxidative stress and may function as an antioxidant, contributing to skin barrier function.
August 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study using scRNA-seq on 96 skin biopsies from 51 healthy individuals revealed distinct cell signaling pathways in different skin sites, including unique pathways in facial and palmoplantar skin, which may explain their varying susceptibilities to skin disorders.
April 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study analyzed blood samples from individuals with alopecia areata and found that NKG2D+ immune cells, particularly memory-like NK cells, may better correlate with disease activity compared to CD8+ cells, though significant variability among individuals complicates these findings.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that sebaceous glands can regenerate after PPARg deletion in adult skin, relying on the hair cycle and FGFR signaling.
April 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” The researchers observed that vitiligo-affected skin shows a selective depletion of NTRK2+ melanocyte subpopulations with progenitor features, which may contribute to poor treatment responses.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, researchers discovered that fat grafting helps reduce dermal fibrosis in radiation-injured mouse skin by decreasing specific fibroblast subpopulations associated with Fra/c-Jun signaling.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that matrix progenitor cells in hair follicles move in a conveyor-belt-like fashion along the dermal papilla, changing their transcriptional states and lineage potential as they differentiate into inner hair follicle layers.
February 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The researchers in this study found that neonatal mouse skin fibroblasts show distinct chromatin landscapes directing differentiation into dermal papilla or adipocyte lineages, and such plasticity may inform strategies for enhancing regenerative capacities in adult skin.
June 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study using a mouse model, researchers found that expressing Lef1 in dermal fibroblasts may enhance skin regeneration without affecting normal development.
May 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that the dysfunction of hair follicle dermal stem cells with age contributes to hair follicle aging and hair loss in mice.
May 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Activating Wnt in skin cells controls the number of hair follicles by directing cell movement and fate.
April 2018 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study identified two distinct fibroblast subsets in mouse skin, revealing that adult skin scarring occurs due to the repair process utilizing only one, lineage-restricted fibroblast type instead of coordinated diverse populations.
April 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, embryonic skin fibroblasts from day E17.5 and postnatal day P5, but not E14.5, effectively supported hair follicle formation, indicating distinct developmental states and differentiation capacities.