7 citations
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February 2022 in “Stem cell reviews and reports” This review discusses the heterogeneity and plasticity of epithelial stem cells in skin homeostasis, wound healing, and tumorigenesis, reporting no new results but emphasizing the need for further exploration of key regulatory mechanisms.
118 citations
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January 2016 in “Current Topics in Developmental Biology” This essay discusses the establishment, maintenance, and role of skin stem cells in tissue homeostasis, wound repair, and their relation to skin cancer, without reporting new experimental findings.
8 citations
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January 2017 in “Methods in molecular biology” This article describes a protocol for using bioengineered techniques to regenerate functional hair follicles and their stem cell niches by manipulating epithelial and mesenchymal cells.
September 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This research found that deleting the SLC3A2 gene in hair follicle stem cells disrupts their maintenance and proper differentiation, leading to hair follicle growth defects and altered skin regeneration through a YAP/Taz-dependent pathway.
April 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that PRC1 plays crucial roles in skin epithelial stem cell regulation, with catalytic and non-catalytic functions impacting epidermal integrity, hair development, and Merkel cell dynamics in murine models.
100 citations
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May 2006 in “American Journal Of Pathology” Matriptase is crucial for skin barrier, hair growth, and may contribute to skin cancer.
15 citations
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January 2018 in “Biomedical Reports” This review discusses multiple pathways through which exosomes may regulate skin functions and diseases like melanoma, scleroderma, and pigmentation disorders, without providing new clinical results; future therapeutic strategies are suggested.
April 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that fibronectin supports hair follicle regeneration by influencing stem cell behavior through integrin-dependent mechanotransduction, highlighting its potential role in epidermal renewal.
10 citations
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August 2023 in “Developmental cell” In this study, researchers used advanced techniques to map the early embryonic development of mouse skin, identifying diverse cell populations and uncovering complex interactions essential for skin structure, signaling, and function.
1 citations
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February 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study found that an enzymatic digestion method for isolating hair follicle stem cells from scalp specimens yielded 5.3 times more epithelial cells than explant cultures, while supporting comparable cell functionality, offering a promising technique for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
36 citations
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May 2016 in “Biomaterials” This study demonstrated that an engineered human skin equivalent can generate follicle-like structures resembling fetal skin, highlighting the role of the dermal compartment in directing epithelial cell fate in vitro.
9 citations
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May 2010 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, researchers observed that human sebaceous glands can regenerate in a mouse model using transplanted human skin, potentially offering a tool to study sebaceous gland biology and regeneration.
7 citations
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October 2024 in “Cells” The researchers reported that autophagy, a lysosome-dependent degradation mechanism, plays a significant role in the cellular remodeling of keratinocyte differentiation in the skin, affecting the properties of the differentiation products by altering cellular components during this process.
4 citations
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May 2012 in “Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine” This study demonstrated the potential of epithelial cell scaffolds fabricated with various materials for effective hair regeneration, highlighting their promising application in tissue engineering for alopecia treatment.
5 citations
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November 2021 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” This article reviews the potential of using induced pluripotent stem cells for hair restoration, underscoring their promise over current surgical methods, but reports no new clinical results.
1 citations
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July 2023 in “Nature communications” This study found that deleting the Mof gene in mouse skin leads to severe defects in skin cell self-renewal, differentiation, and hair follicle growth, indicating that MOF is crucial for mitochondrial and ciliary gene expression and essential for skin development.
20 citations
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August 2014 in “PloS one” This study found that MED1 deficiency in keratinocytes accelerates skin wound healing in young mice but delays healing in older mice, suggesting differential roles in epidermal regeneration with age.
April 2018 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This commentary discusses the crucial role of the alternative splicing factor Esrp1 in maintaining skin barrier function and its association with skin diseases like atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, but reports no new clinical results.
5 citations
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January 2022 in “PloS one” This study found that lineage-restricted loss of p63 in murine thymic epithelial cells resulted in severe thymic hypoplasia and absence of hair follicles, indicating p63's critical role in thymic and hair follicle development.
January 2008 in “Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)” In this study, rat primary thymic epithelial cells demonstrated a clonogenic growth pattern in vitro and were able to integrate into functional thymus or differentiate into skin derivatives, similar to skin multipotent stem cells.
46 citations
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May 1991 in “British Journal of Dermatology” In this study, heparin was found to exert dose- and hair cycle-dependent effects on skin epithelial cells in mice, affecting hair follicle development and protein synthesis differently based on its administration method.
May 2017 in “The journal of immunology/The Journal of immunology” This study reported that patients with specific Foxn1 mutations exhibited severe T-cell lymphopenia without the hair and nail abnormalities usually associated with these mutations.
January 2025 in “Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania)” This study found that the X-linked gene UTX is crucial for regulating skin differentiation and inflammation in females by affecting retinoic acid signaling, also highlighting potential links to sex disparities in skin diseases.
1398 citations
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May 2008 in “Histochemistry and Cell Biology” This review summarizes the cell type distribution and functional significance of human keratins, emphasizing their roles in tumor diagnosis and potential clinical applications, and reports no new clinical findings.
9 citations
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March 2022 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review discusses the roles and mechanisms of tissue-resident regulatory T cells in immune regulation and tissue homeostasis, but reports no new experimental results.
51 citations
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July 2010 in “Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism” This review discusses prolactin production and regulation in human skin and hair follicles, highlighting its potential broader implications but reports no new empirical results.
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.
16 citations
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October 2014 in “Cell death and disease” This study found that over- and ectopic-expression of FoxN1 in early life negatively affected the development of thymic epithelial cells, T and B cells, and skin epithelial cells.
1 citations
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October 2016 in “Molecular biology of the cell” This essay shares the scientific pursuits and leadership approaches of the author's lab but presents no new research findings.
May 2015 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, Wnt-3a was found to play an important role in partially maintaining and expanding epithelial skin stem cells in vitro, suggesting potential for in vitro stem cell culture without feeder cells.