9 citations
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March 2019 in “Scientific reports” This study found that transient non-lethal levels of endogenous ROS in cultured human hair follicles promoted entry into the growth phase by activating the hair follicle stem cell niche.
421 citations
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September 2003 in “Development” This study concluded that label-retaining cells in mouse epidermis differ in their sensitivity to proliferative stimuli, influencing their division and potential transdifferentiation without consistently depleting their population.
363 citations
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March 2017 in “Nature Communications” This study found that, in mouse tail epidermis, stem cells rapidly activate and regenerate new progenitors to repair wounds, with mechanisms affecting their proliferation, differentiation, and migration.
April 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study using a transgenic mouse model, Id2 overexpression in hair follicle stem cells prolonged quiescence by affecting gene expression, partly independent from BMP signaling.
23 citations
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December 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This review explores recent insights into how intrinsic gene oscillations and molecular interactions in hair follicle stem cells contribute to their regenerative potential, with potential implications for regenerative medicine, but reports no new clinical results.
13 citations
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May 2024 in “Frontiers in Aging” This article reviews how stem cell exhaustion contributes to aging, emphasizing the balance between proliferation and quiescence as crucial for long-term stem cell maintenance, but it reports no new results.
28 citations
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February 2019 in “Genes” This review discusses the regulation and dynamics of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in development, pluripotency, and cancer, highlighting potential mechanisms and future research directions, but reports no new results.
42 citations
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February 2017 in “Scientific Reports” In this study, researchers differentiated induced pluripotent stem cells into cells with dermal papilla-like properties, demonstrating their potential role in hair follicle bioengineering and drug testing for hair growth.
5 citations
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May 2024 in “BMC Biotechnology” This study found that using three-dimensional cell culture with Matrigel enhances the biological function and stemness of stem cells, leading to improved soft tissue repair and healing by activating the host microenvironment and autologous stem cells.
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.
3 citations
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April 2011 in “Expert Review of Dermatology” This review examines a study showing that the balding scalp in men with androgenetic alopecia retains stem cells but lacks certain progenitor cells, suggesting new targets for future therapies; it reports no clinical results.
3 citations
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December 2016 in “Springer eBooks” This study found that activating Toll-like receptor 3 in periodontal ligament stem cells enhanced their stem cell and immunosuppressive properties, potentially supporting effective periodontal tissue regeneration.
February 2026 in “Advanced Science” This study found that the combination of TTNPB and CHIR99021 enhanced the derivation of highly advanced neural stem cells from human pluripotent stem cells, with improved chromatin accessibility and neuroectodermal gene expression, and these cells successfully engrafted in rat hippocampi to ameliorate depression-like symptoms.
14 citations
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April 2016 in “Cell Transplantation” This study found that neural stem cell extract enhanced hair growth in mice and cells by stimulating hair follicle niches and activating signaling pathways like TGF-β and BMP.
1 citations
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November 2023 in “iScience” In this study, researchers found that disrupting desmoglein 3 signaling in a mouse model of pemphigus vulgaris activates normally quiescent hair follicle stem cells, compromising their multipotency but prompting a regenerative response that restores stem cell function and structures.
4 citations
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March 2024 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” This study found that Caspase-1, traditionally viewed as an inflammasome component, is secreted upon wounding and plays a novel role by triggering hair follicle stem cell migration into the epidermis, offering insights into epithelial hyperplasia mechanisms in inflammatory skin conditions.
November 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that in mice, hyper-activated JAK-STAT1 signaling due to EGFR inhibitor treatment leads to scarring alopecia, but JAK1/2 inhibition can restore hair follicle immune privilege and promote new hair growth.
July 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Laser treatment boosts hair growth by activating a key growth factor.
414 citations
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August 2005 in “Nature” In this study, researchers discovered that activating TERT in mouse skin epithelium triggers dormant hair follicle stem cells, leading to rapid hair growth, through a pathway independent of telomere extension.
61 citations
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September 2008 in “Stem Cells” This study found that DNA strand segregation in multipotent hair follicle stem cells occurs randomly during development and tissue homeostasis, challenging the immortal strand hypothesis.
1 citations
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June 2023 in “Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology/The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology” This study found that deleting the vitamin D receptor from specific stem cells in mouse hair follicles disrupts their ability to regenerate the epidermis after injury, suggesting an essential interaction with the transcription factor p63.
October 2021 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that overexpression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 in mice disrupted cell death during the hair cycle, impairing hair regeneration by delaying anagen entry and hair growth.
January 2019 in “Advances in stem cells and their niches” Krox20 is important for cell differentiation in the brain and hair follicles.
July 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Discoid lupus erythematosus involves immune activation and fibrosis around hair follicles, with shared pathways across humans, dogs, and mice, suggesting potential treatments for both humans and animals.
10 citations
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July 2019 in “Advances in Wound Care” This study suggests that Flightless I may inhibit the activation of epidermal stem cells during wound repair by disrupting Wnt/β-catenin signaling, potentially delaying wound reepithelialization.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study using a mouse model of Pemphigus vulgaris, researchers found that loss of desmoglein 3 adhesion in hair follicle stem cells triggers a regenerative program restoring stem cell function, requiring Hedgehog pathway suppression.
September 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, researchers using live mice observed that oncogenic Kras mutation disrupts hair follicle architecture by sustaining ERK signal activation, which affects stem cell behavior and tissue integrity.
January 2002 in “Basic medical sciences and clinics” This review explores hypotheses about hair follicle stem cell function in morphogenesis and cycling, highlights the importance of dermal papilla cells and signaling pathways, and provides no new clinical findings.
163 citations
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April 2019 in “Nature Communications” This study found that mechanical skin stretching can stimulate hair stem cell proliferation and hair regeneration by activating a complex pathway involving WNT, BMP-2, and M2 macrophages.
18 citations
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July 2023 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study found that KY19382, a small molecule activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, significantly improved wound healing by enhancing cell migration, increasing collagen and stem cell markers, and accelerating re-epithelialization and neo-epidermis formation in a murine model without causing significant cytotoxicity.