101 citations
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June 2003 in “The EMBO Journal” Phospholipase Cδ1 is crucial for normal skin and hair development.
97 citations
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December 2017 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This review discusses the potential of mesenchymal stem cells from human periapical cysts for regenerative medicine, highlighting their easy accessibility and valuable regenerative properties, but reports no new clinical findings.
85 citations
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January 2018 in “Cell stem cell” This study found that synchronized signals in the microenvironment regulate stem cell lineage choices in hair follicles by influencing chromatin dynamics during regeneration.
57 citations
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January 2014 in “Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine” Skin stem cells maintain and repair the outer layer of skin, with some types being essential for healing wounds.
41 citations
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April 2019 in “PLOS genetics” This study found that CD34- melanocyte stem cells regenerated pigmentation more efficiently, while CD34+ cells showed potential for neuron myelination, suggesting different therapeutic applications for each population.
37 citations
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July 2016 in “Current Opinion in Cell Biology” This review summarizes recent discoveries about how tissue-resident stem cells interact with their environments during normal conditions and after injury, without reporting new results.
28 citations
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February 2014 in “PLoS ONE” This study reports that transplantation of an ESCs-collagen-chitin biomimetic membrane leads to successful in situ skin regeneration, including hair follicle cell proliferation and formation of dermatoglyphs, in nude mice with full-thickness skin defects.
25 citations
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February 2024 in “Biomaterials” In this study, iPSC-derived epidermal organoids demonstrated potential as a novel tool for regenerative medicine by producing high-performance extracellular vesicles that promote proliferation, migration, and angiogenesis in cell-free therapies for wound healing.
15 citations
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May 2021 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” In this review, the authors discuss the potential for cell therapy, such as hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and mesenchymal stromal cells, to treat severe psoriasis unresponsive to biological therapies, while highlighting the associated risks, costs, and regulatory challenges.
14 citations
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January 2014 in “Cells Tissues Organs” This study found that single high-dose irradiation in mice induced more severe acute skin injury and hair depigmentation, while fractional doses led to longer-term damage in the dermis and subcutis.
11 citations
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September 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study identified a distinct CD49fhigh mesenchymal stem cell subpopulation in the dermis that supports hair follicle development and maintenance via Notch signaling activation.
10 citations
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May 2020 in “Frontiers in cell and developmental biology” In this study, researchers found that Dicer, but not Tarbp2, plays a crucial role in regulating the growth phase of hair follicles in post-natal mice.
8 citations
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January 2025 in “Cell Transplantation” This review discusses the advances and challenges of using mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in therapeutic applications and reports no new clinical findings.
4 citations
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June 2021 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This study found that injecting bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and conditioned medium into mice promoted hair follicle stem cell proliferation and transition to active growth phases, suggesting potential clinical targets for hair loss treatment.
1 citations
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January 2013 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The document concludes that stem cells and their environments are crucial for skin and hair health and have potential for medical treatments.
May 2026 in “Medical Sciences” This review found that vesicle-based therapies, including mammalian MSC-derived and plant-derived vesicles, consistently promote wound healing in preclinical models of thermal injury and may offer a safer alternative to live cell transplants.
March 2025 in “Anatomy & Cell Biology” This study found that hair follicle stem cell-derived secretome mitigated cell death, apoptosis, and inflammation while upregulating neurotrophic factors in astrocytes exposed to oxygen-glucose deprivation, an in vitro ischemic stroke model, suggesting potential therapeutic benefits in stroke recovery.
29 citations
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December 2016 in “The EMBO Journal” This study found that the transcription factor Gata6 plays a crucial role in adult mouse hair follicle regeneration by promoting the renewal and preventing DNA damage of rapidly proliferating progenitor cells.
71 citations
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October 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” PPAR-γ agonists like pioglitazone may help manage lichen planopilaris but don't fully reverse scarring.
7 citations
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August 2023 in “Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine” This review discusses recent preclinical strategies for enhancing mesenchymal stem cell delivery to ischemic cardiac and peripheral tissues but reports no clinical results.
4 citations
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January 2017 in “PubMed” This study found that adding epidermal growth factor to mesenchymal stem cells enhanced wound healing and hair follicle regeneration in rats compared to stem cells alone.
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.
May 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study found that exosomes and secretome derived from rat hair follicle stem cells show promising potential for wound healing and tissue repair, demonstrating significant wound closure and suggesting their broader applicability in regenerative medicine.
December 2024 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study provides a comprehensive overview of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles (HUCMSC-EVs), suggesting their potential to combat aging and alleviate age-related disorders by rejuvenating multiple organs in animal models and discussing engineering strategies to harness their full anti-aging potential.
July 2024 in “Journal Of Stem Cell Research” In this review, the authors highlight the crucial role of mesenchymal stem cells in dermatologic therapies, noting their potential to enhance skin structure and appearance through regenerative mechanisms like inflammation induction, angiogenesis, and recruitment of tissue-specific progenitors.
December 2022 in “Nature Communications” This study found that a new "bead-jet" printing system for mesenchymal stem cells in Matrigel beads improved skeletal muscle regeneration and skin healing in a high-density, sparse pattern.
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.
1 citations
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May 2017 in “InTech eBooks” This chapter reviews signaling pathways related to androgenic alopecia in dermal papilla cells of balding human scalps, integrating published information and analysis of molecular interactions, without reporting new clinical results.
835 citations
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October 2008 in “Nature Genetics” Lgr5 is a marker for active, long-lasting stem cells in mouse hair follicles.
13 citations
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September 2019 in “EBioMedicine” This study found that Secretory Phospholipase A2-IIA (sPLA2-IIA) promotes proliferation through JNK/c-Jun signaling, distinctively affecting normal stem cells and cancer cells, suggesting it as a potential target for cancer treatment.