17 citations
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May 2025 in “MedComm” This review highlights how organoid technology is transforming precision medicine by summarizing its development and applications in modeling diseases, testing drug efficacy, and tailoring patient-specific treatments, despite current challenges in standardization and ethical considerations.
7 citations
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June 2020 in “npj regenerative medicine” This study found that GDNF promotes hair formation and skin wound repair by enhancing the self-renewal and differentiation of bulge stem cells in mice.
December 2023 in “Aggregate” In this review, it is discussed how mesenchymal stem cell aggregation plays a crucial role in organ development and has potential applications in organ regeneration through tissue engineering.
8 citations
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May 2019 in “Journal of Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine” This study found that mesenchymal stem cells derived from dental pulp and adipose tissue have distinct gene expression signatures that suggest potential target diseases for clinical applications.
January 2013 in “Elsevier eBooks” This review discusses spatial and temporal patterns in animals, focusing on skin appendage organs, but provides no new research findings.
82 citations
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March 2016 in “Cell” This review highlights various methods of stem cell communication that reflect the unique organization and function of different tissues and reports no new results.
184 citations
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December 2018 in “Nature Communications” This study demonstrated that enhancing human skin constructs with hair follicles through engineered cell organization and vascularization improved hair growth in immunodeficient mice, suggesting potential advances for treating alopecia and chronic wounds.
61 citations
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December 2016 in “The EMBO Journal” This study established a new in vitro culture system that supports the growth and dynamic self-organization of hair follicle stem cells and their progeny, promoting a stable population equilibrium.
7 citations
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March 2020 in “PloS one” This study demonstrates that α-parvin is crucial for epidermal morphogenesis and hair follicle development by mediating integrin-dependent adhesion and actin organization in keratinocytes.
January 2018 in “Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine” This paper reviews the role of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes in epidermal homeostasis, hair regeneration, and skin repair, noting contributions to 3D-genomic organization and suppression of UV-induced hyper-proliferation, without presenting new results.
47 citations
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September 2015 in “Cell Cycle” This study found that hair follicle and interfollicular epidermis stem cells contribute differently to skin regeneration, with their persistence influenced by factors like spatial constraints and competition moderated by Notch suppression.
4 citations
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January 2026 in “Cell Discovery” This study introduced the concept of spatiotemporal clocks to understand how different phases of mammalian wound healing are coordinated, with a focus on the spatial domains and oscillatory molecular signals involved, while highlighting the potential for regenerative therapeutic strategies.
March 2026 in “Research Square” This study developed a novel regenerative platform using nanozyme-enabled materials combined with exosomes and laser stimulation to enhance wound healing in a mouse model, which more effectively regulated reactive oxygen species and improved early angiogenesis and collagen organization compared to conventional methods.
8 citations
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May 2024 in “PLoS Biology” This study on feather pattern formation in chicken skin found that inhibiting gap junctional intercellular communication can lead to the emergence of new feather buds in specific spatial patterns, suggesting that GJIC may facilitate Turing-type periodic patterning by propagating inhibitory signals over long distances.
4 citations
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October 2024 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” In this study, combining microneedle and sublative fractional radiofrequency treatments significantly improved skin tightening, texture, collagen organization, and satisfaction in individuals with moderate photoaging, while reducing abnormal elastin after three months.
June 2026 in “Cell Regeneration” This review highlights the roles of key transcription factors and signaling pathways in regulating olfactory epithelium regeneration, discussing recent advances in single-cell and spatial transcriptomics as well as organoid models to enhance understanding of olfactory regeneration mechanisms.
4 citations
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July 2001 in “Personality and Individual Differences” This study found that mental rotation and neuroticism demonstrated curvilinear relationships with hair loss, suggesting that dihydrotestosterone levels might affect spatial cognition and personality traits in men.
1 citations
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October 2012 in “Elsevier eBooks” This article reviews advancements in understanding skin regeneration and suggests that bioengineering skin surrogates may soon enhance treatments for skin trauma, but it presents no new clinical findings.
5 citations
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November 2021 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling disrupted hemidesmosome organization in keratinocytes, suggesting potential therapeutic targets for HD-defective diseases like epidermolysis bullosa.
This study found that culturing fibroblasts on stiffer substrates mimicking fibrotic wounds led to an aligned EDA fibronectin matrix with thinner fibers and decreased YAP activity, suggesting disrupted signaling that might be restored to promote regenerative wound repair.
182 citations
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June 2002 in “Journal of Neuroscience” This study suggests that apoE4 may contribute to cognitive decline by reducing androgen receptor levels in the brain, but androgen treatment improved memory deficits in female mice expressing human apoE4.
83 citations
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January 2023 in “Development” This review provides an overview of Hox genes, focusing on their evolutionary history, genomic organization, and roles in development, but reports no new study results.
42 citations
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January 2011 in “Journal of Biomedical Optics” This study demonstrates that spatially resolved IR and Raman imaging can effectively reveal the molecular structure and composition of untreated human hair, providing insights into its chemistry and structural integrity.
22 citations
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September 1982 in “Journal of ultrastructure research” This study reports new cellular features and complex interaction systems in fiber differentiation, indicating more intricate cellular organization than previously recognized, including features like mast cells and primary cilia.
67 citations
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June 2019 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study introduces a method for long-term expansion of adult mouse epidermal stem cells in vitro using an organoid culture system that maintains the basal-apical organization.
May 2026 in “Organoid Research” This review highlights recent advancements in the engineering of skin organoids using hydrogels, which improve their structural and functional fidelity by supporting the architecture and integration of vascular and neural components, promising to enhance regenerative medicine, drug discovery, and complex skin disorder studies.
November 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study used a novel fluorescent tagging method in mice to observe collagen IV dynamics during hair follicle development, revealing that alterations in basement membrane turnover can influence epithelial progenitor cell behavior and organ morphology by affecting cell proliferation and movement.
5 citations
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May 2024 in “Current Issues in Molecular Biology” This review highlights advancements in applying single-cell sequencing to cattle, sheep, and goats, noting its potential to elucidate cellular diversity and improve traits affecting livestock health and productivity, despite challenges in cell population annotation and spatial resolution in these species.
85 citations
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October 2006 in “Current opinion in cell biology” This article reviews advances in feather development and regeneration, including pattern formation, stem cell biology, and evolution, but presents no new experimental results.
71 citations
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January 2012 in “PloS one” This study observed that after hair cell loss in the mouse cochlea, supporting cells were replaced by migrating non-specialised cells, with genetic background affecting the rate of tissue re-organization.