3 citations
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April 2016 in “Research and reports in urology” In a cell-free test setting, this study found that a novel saw palmetto extract effectively inhibited the 5α-reductase type II enzyme, showing promising bioactivity comparable to finasteride for promoting prostate health.
11 citations
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October 2023 in “mSphere” This study reported that the PrrH sRNA in *Pseudomonas aeruginosa* may directly regulate genes involved in pyochelin siderophore biosynthesis, highlighting its role in adapting to heme availability, with light conditions influencing this gene expression.
8 citations
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June 2023 in “Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica” In this study, a subcutaneous injection of recombinant RSPO1 was found to activate hair follicle stem cells and enhance hair regeneration in mice by stimulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, suggesting its potential as a treatment for hair loss.
1 citations
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January 2021
7 citations
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March 2024 in “Scientific Reports” This study reports that the new neighborhood face index (NFI) demonstrates a remarkably high correlation with the physiochemical properties of benzenoid hydrocarbons, highlighting its potential as a predictive tool.
February 2019 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that Prss53-mutated rabbits exhibited curved hair and skeletal dyskinesia, suggesting a link between Prss53 loss and these traits, potentially involving disrupted calcium metabolism.
9 citations
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August 2023 in “Molecules” This study found that the peptides RMYYY and VMYMI displayed stronger binding energy and more frequent interactions with HPGDS compared to the native inhibitor, suggesting potential as future therapeutic drugs.
July 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
12 citations
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June 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This study found that the PP2A-B55α regulatory subunit is crucial for ectodermal development in mice, with knockout embryos displaying severe neural and epidermal defects and failing to survive to birth.
This study identified ISPP-Rb, a novel immuno-stimulatory complex from Royoporus badius, that significantly activates murine macrophage cells and induces multiple proinflammatory cytokines.
2 citations
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April 2016 in “DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)” This study found that a novel saw palmetto supercritical CO2 extract effectively inhibits 5α-reductase type II in vitro, suggesting its potential for promoting prostate health in benign prostatic hyperplasia.
546 citations
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February 2008 in “PLANT PHYSIOLOGY” This study found that overexpression of OsPHR2 in rice leads to increased phosphate accumulation and root architecture changes even under phosphate-sufficient conditions.
January 2009 in “The Chinese Journal of Modern Applied Pharmacy” This study concluded that QSPR models effectively predict drug skin penetration, with the Potts-Guy model showing the highest predictive accuracy for the drugs tested.
39 citations
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December 2012 in “The American Journal of Human Genetics” This study identified mutations in the SNRPE gene that may disrupt hair growth, linking a spliceosome component to hereditary hair loss disorders.
December 2009 in “Cancer Research” This study suggests that over-expression of Sp2 may limit stem cell differentiation and contribute to tumorigenic cell growth in mice.
28 citations
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February 2010 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study concluded that the frizzy mutation in mice is linked to a T to A transversion in Prss8 and is orthologous to the 'hairless' mutation in rats.
37 citations
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September 2008 in “Plant Signaling & Behavior” In this study, overexpression of the gene OsPHR2 in rice led to increased root growth and phosphate accumulation in shoots, suggesting its role in phosphate signaling and homeostasis.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identifies a mechanism where dsRNA activates TLR3 to induce RA production, promoting hair follicle regeneration in mice and suggesting a potential role in human tissue regeneration.
21 citations
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January 2006 in “Hormone Research in Paediatrics” In this case study, a girl with hereditary vitamin D resistant rickets had a novel mutation in the VDR gene that affected hair cycling without causing total alopecia, suggesting ligand-independent VDR function in hair cycling.
January 2018 in “VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University)” In this study using Xenopus laevis embryos, reduced levels of the desmosomal protein desmoplakin led to defects in epidermal and cardiac structures, suggesting its crucial role in tissue integrity.
2 citations
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February 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study suggests that the expression of the DP2 receptor is higher in balding scalp cells and that its knockdown could inhibit the transition to the catagen phase in cultured human hair follicles, potentially counteracting hair growth inhibition associated with male pattern baldness.
89 citations
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May 2005 in “Stem Cells” This study found that keratinocyte stem cells in mouse skin are closely related to side population or BCRP1-positive cells based on their localization and marker expression.
May 2021 in “The FASEB Journal” This study presents the crystal structure of human SRD5A2 with finasteride and reveals insights into its enzyme catalysis and inhibition mechanisms, which may inform drug development.
372 citations
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December 2004 in “Nature Genetics” 5 citations
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January 2018 in “Interdisciplinary sciences: computational life sciences” Accurate protein modeling can help develop new treatments for prostate cancer and other diseases.
July 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” R-spondin2 may help treat hair loss, gene differences could explain baldness, a peptide's regulation is linked to psoriasis, B-defensin gene copies may affect a skin condition's risk and severity, and potential markers and targets for alopecia areata were identified.
January 2016 in “Texas ScholarWorks (Texas Digital Library)” This study suggests that the DORN1 receptor may play a role in eATP-induced changes in stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis thaliana, but not in the eADP signaling pathway.
April 2023 in “Cancer research” This study suggests that KRTAP2-3 may serve as a novel biomarker to identify cells in the polyaneuploid cancer cell state, which is linked to therapy resistance and poor prognosis in prostate cancer.
This study identified a 14,883 bp genomic deletion affecting the Plcd1 and Vill genes as likely responsible for the abnormal phenotype observed in snthr-1Bao mice.
1 citations
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December 2021 in “Development & Reproduction” This study found that FPR2 knockout mice experienced excessive hair loss and abnormal hair follicle structures, suggesting FPR2's protective role in hair regeneration through stem cell activity regulation.