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.
2 citations
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May 2008 in “Journal of Clinical Oncology” This study found that patients with unresectable melanoma treated with AZD6244 experienced skin reactions, including depigmentation and papulopustular rashes, in patterns similar to those caused by EGFR inhibitors.
June 2025 in “Cell Regeneration” In this study, Dguok deficiency in mice led to premature hair greying due to a loss of melanocyte stem cells and mature melanocytes, with increased oxidative stress and cell death; treatment with an antioxidant mitigated these effects, suggesting DGUOK's importance in hair pigmentation maintenance.
July 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
4 citations
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November 2021 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” Aging causes hair loss and graying due to stem cell decline and changes in cell behavior and communication.
2 citations
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December 2025 in “Nature Communications” This study found that the repressive histone mark H2AK119ub links inhibitory FGF signals with the quiescent state in hair follicle stem cells, revealing a signaling-epigenetic axis crucial for maintaining stem cell quiescence and tissue homeostasis.
51 citations
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September 2020 in “Cell Metabolism” This study highlights that the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2)-Akt signaling axis is essential for hair follicle stem cells to return to their niche and regenerate effectively by regulating metabolic pathways.
8 citations
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May 2013 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This review explores the molecular processes behind hair follicle stem cell activation and suggests new potential targets for designing therapies for various types of alopecia, but it reports no clinical results.
53 citations
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February 2015 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that inactivating CerS4 in mice led to hair follicle stem cell exhaustion and hair loss, indicating its role in regulating hair regeneration through ceramide composition and signaling pathways.
45 citations
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October 2019 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” Targeted therapies promoting differentiation could help treat basal cell carcinoma by exhausting cancer stem cells.
May 2026 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” This review highlights that collagen XVIIα1's role in maintaining dermal-epidermal junction integrity and hair follicle stem cell maintenance is compromised with age due to reduced levels and increased processing, potentially affecting skin and hair aging.
36 citations
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October 2015 in “Cell reports” In this study, researchers found that Gab1 is critical in controlling the hair cycle and the self-renewal of hair follicle stem cells in mice.
19 citations
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July 2018 in “Mechanisms of Ageing and Development” This review examines how caloric restriction could promote autophagy to rejuvenate aging stem cells, though the precise molecular mechanisms remain unclear.
November 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that short-term treatment with ROCKi significantly increased keratinocyte stem cell proliferation without affecting their stemness, suggesting a potential safe approach for improving in vitro keratinocyte cultures for clinical applications.
November 2025 in “Biocell” This article explores how the integrated stress response and senescence-associated secretory phenotype influence stem cell fate decisions, highlighting their dual roles in both protecting and disrupting stem cell integrity.
25 citations
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November 2014 in “Ageing Research Reviews” This review discusses the mechanisms of skin aging, highlighting the roles of stem/progenitor cells, genetic and environmental factors, and suggests potential for cell-based therapies, but reports no new experimental findings.
May 2024 in “JCI insight” In this study, researchers discovered a dominant variant in the ADAM17 gene that causes hypotrichosis with woolly hair, where the mutation leads to hair follicle stem cell exhaustion and abnormal hair follicles, resulting in alopecia.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, engineered mice with a mutation similar to that in Olmsted syndrome showed progressive hair loss due to impaired inner root sheath keratinocyte differentiation and stem cell exhaustion.
13 citations
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September 2017 in “Oncotarget” This study suggests that increased Wnt signaling may cause melanocyte stem cell exhaustion, leading to hair graying in aged mice by promoting excessive differentiation of melanocytes.
7 citations
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September 2017 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that overexpression of sPLA2-IIA in homozygous mice resulted in cyclic alopecia, a halt in hair follicle cycling, and impaired wound healing due to complete loss of hair follicle stem cells.
April 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, the researchers introduced a mutation in mice to mimic Olmsted syndrome and found that the mutation caused hair loss due to impaired keratinocyte differentiation and depletion of hair follicle stem cells.
January 2004 in “Giornale di Metafisica: revista bimestrale di filosofia” This study suggests that increased Wnt signaling may promote excessive differentiation of melanocytes, leading to exhaustion of melanocyte stem cells and hair graying in aged mice.
63 citations
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March 2018 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review explores the physiological roles of collagen XVII in the epidermis, its involvement in stem cell maintenance, and its connections with signaling pathways, but it reports no new results.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study reported that gain-of-function mutations in TRPV3 lead to hair loss in mice by disrupting inner root sheath keratinocyte differentiation, ultimately causing follicular keratinocyte stem cell exhaustion and permanent follicle disruption.
59 citations
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November 2010 in “Circulation Research” This review discusses the potential role of Wnt signaling in aging-related heart diseases and reports no clinical results.
January 2026 in “Stem Cell Reviews and Reports” Hair graying may help prevent cancer by protecting stem cells.
688 citations
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June 2007 in “Cell Stem Cell” This study found that deleting the ATR gene in adult mice led to rapid onset of age-related traits such as hair graying and osteoporosis through reduced regenerative capacity.
63 citations
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April 2010 in “Development” This article discusses the bi-compartmental organization of hair follicle stem cell niches for balancing stem cell cycling and organ growth and proposes similar structures may exist in other adult stem cell niches but reports no new experimental results.
4 citations
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August 2021 in “The Malaysian journal of medical sciences/The Malaysian Journal of Medical Science” This review discusses the impact of calorie restriction on enhancing stem cell potency and regenerative abilities in mammalian tissues and reports no new experimental results.
29 citations
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March 2012 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” This article explores questions about dormant hematopoietic stem cells and suggests avenues for future research, but does not present new experimental results.