338 citations
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July 2009 in “Development” This study demonstrates that Sox2-positive dermal papilla cells specify particular hair follicle types by showing heterogeneity in gene expression and pathway activation in these cells.
224 citations
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February 2013 in “The Journal of clinical investigation/The journal of clinical investigation” This study identifies SOX9 as a critical downstream effector of ERG in TMPRSS2:ERG fusion-positive prostate cancer, indicating its role in tumor invasion and growth.
87 citations
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September 2019 in “Nature Communications” In this study, researchers identified that upon tissue injury in a mouse model, epidermal cells at the wound edge convert to an embryonic-like state with SOX11 and SOX4 playing a central role in modulating epidermal development and cell migration genes.
73 citations
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May 2009 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study found that disrupting the Sox21 gene in mice led to progressive hair loss and regrowth, identifying Sox21 as a key regulator of hair shaft cuticle differentiation.
68 citations
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December 2011 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study reported that a three-dimensional hydrogel culture system supports the growth and maintenance of distinct dermal papilla cell types, crucial for skin reconstitution assays in neonatal mice.
33 citations
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March 2015 in “Experimental Dermatology” In this study, LHX2 and SOX9 were found to mark distinct epithelial progenitor cell populations within human hair follicles, suggesting roles in maintaining the hair follicle epithelium.
22 citations
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June 2020 in “iScience” This study found that disrupting Sox21 in developing teeth leads to severe enamel hypoplasia, regional osteoporosis, and abnormal hair formation, with impaired dental epithelial differentiation and regulation of hair follicle cell fate.
22 citations
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March 2019 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” This study identified that the Wave complex proteins ABI1 and Wave2 play a crucial role in regulating epidermal shape and growth during skin development, notably influencing SOX9 expression and Wnt signaling pathways.
11 citations
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December 2009 in “Cell stem cell” This study demonstrates that Sox2+ dermal papilla fibroblasts exhibit properties of adult stem cells, including the ability to induce hair follicle formation and contribute to dermal regeneration.
10 citations
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May 2023 in “iScience” In this study, researchers found that Sox9 is critical for determining whether Nestin+ stem cells in adult mouse skin develop into melanocytes or glial cells, offering insights into possible paths for melanoma research.
10 citations
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September 2022 in “Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences” This review discusses the roles of the transcription factor SOX9 in organ development and maintenance, providing insights into its regulation and diverse functions, but reports no new experimental results.
9 citations
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January 2021 in “International Journal of Medical Sciences” This study found that Sox10 may play a role in early hair follicle development and cycling, as it is expressed in specific regions of the hair follicle during different phases of the hair cycle in mice.
9 citations
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July 2022 in “Cell reports” This study found that Sox2 within dermal papilla cells in the hair follicle regulates hair pigmentation, influencing the type and production of melanin.
8 citations
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July 2015 in “European journal of histochemistry” This study found that Sox9 was variably expressed in most canine skin neoplasms, particularly in those originating from the hair follicle's bulge region, suggesting its potential as a stem cell marker.
6 citations
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July 2023 in “Nature cell biology” In this study, re-activating SOX9 in adult epidermal stem cells led to a fate switch towards hair follicle stem cell identity, with altered chromatin dynamics and oncogenic activation, contributing insights into developmental processes and cancer pathways.
6 citations
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January 2019 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” This study suggests that Sox13, although dispensable for epidermal development, serves as a marker for early hair follicle development in Sox13-LacZ knock-in mice.
4 citations
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January 2021 in “in Vivo” This study found that scoparone increased the expression of certain pluripotency-related proteins in dermal papilla cells, suggesting a potential new mechanism for enhancing hair growth.
3 citations
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September 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that enhanced wound healing in oral mucosa involves a SOX2-regulated transcriptional network which includes increased expression of keratin K75, and interaction of K75 with the LINC complex may play a crucial role in promoting rapid wound repair.
2 citations
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September 2016 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” Reduced TRPS1 leads to increased STAT3 and SOX9 in hair follicles, affecting hair growth.
1 citations
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July 2025 in “Journal of Human Immunity” This study found that administering minoxidil and PGE2 to pregnant mice with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome models corrected multiple developmental anomalies, including thymus growth and parathyroid positioning, by targeting prenatal mesenchymal differentiation.
1 citations
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November 2023 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study observed that SOX18 promotes the proliferation of dermal papilla cells in Hu sheep by activating the Wnt/β-Catenin signaling pathway, suggesting its key role in wool growth.
1 citations
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September 2015 in “Elsevier eBooks” This review discusses the role of Sox2 in skin development, hair follicle regeneration, cancer, and wound healing, and reports no new experimental results.
1 citations
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January 2026 This study reveals that the microRNA-200 family, highly enriched in hair matrix progenitors, restricts sebaceous gland development by inhibiting the SOX9-dependent lipogenic program, highlighting its specific role in epithelial plasticity within hair follicles.
1 citations
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July 2024 in “Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry” This study observed that alopecia areata patients had significantly lower levels of hair follicle stem cell markers SOX9 and CD34 in affected skin samples, correlating with disease severity and recurrence, suggesting potential impairment in hair regeneration.
1 citations
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December 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that Sox9 plays a critical role in maintaining radial glial progenitor cells and regulates the timing of their generation of upper-layer cortical neurons.
August 2024 in “Journal of the Egyptian Womenʼs Dermatologic Society” In this observational study, SOX10 was expressed in 53 out of 81 examined hair follicles in patients with alopecia areata and showed a significant positive relation with the perifollicular lymphocytic infiltrate, suggesting that melanocytes may play a role in the disease's autoimmune pathogenesis.
November 2023 in “Animal Bioscience” This study found that miR-133a-3p and miR-145-5p influenced goat hair follicle stem cell differentiation by inhibiting NANOG expression and promoting SOX9 expression.
September 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Sox13 is a new marker for early hair follicle development and differentiation.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The researchers reported that SOX4 expression is significantly upregulated in melanoma and its knockdown in cell lines resulted in reduced tumor progression, suggesting potential for targeted therapies.
May 2026 in “Apollo (University of Cambridge)” In this review, the authors discuss how SOX9 functions as a key regulator of epithelial cell fate and tissue repair, suggesting its role in integrating environmental signals, which could inform regenerative medicine approaches despite potential risks like fibrosis and cancer.