December 2025 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This study elucidates a mechanism for male pattern baldness involving tension in scalp muscles that leads to reduced blood flow and hypoxia around hair follicles, proposing a multi-targeted therapeutic approach.
November 2025 in “Skin Appendage Disorders” This review discusses the role of perifollicular fibrosis in androgenetic alopecia and suggests that targeting specific signaling pathways could improve treatment outcomes, but reports no new clinical results.
November 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” NUL-5 may boost hair growth by improving hair follicle health and structure.
November 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” CBD can help hair grow by supporting scalp health and reducing inflammation.
November 2025 in “ACS Omega” This study found that incorporating Canavalia ensiformis lectin into alginate and carboxymethylcellulose films enhanced angiogenic factor expression, suggesting these biopolymer films could be an effective alternative for wound treatment.
November 2025 in “PROGRESS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS” This study found that taurine significantly mitigated DHT-induced androgenetic alopecia in male C57BL/6 mice by promoting hair regrowth, enhancing hair follicle cycle progression, reducing apoptosis, and downregulating key androgen-related signaling pathways, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic candidate for hair loss management.
October 2025 in “Frontiers in Veterinary Science” This study found that treating secondary hair follicle stem cells from Arbas cashmere goats with 10 μg/mL quercetin for 48 hours significantly boosted cell proliferation and reduced apoptosis by activating several signaling pathways, suggesting a potential strategy to enhance cashmere production.
October 2025 in “OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)” This study found that treating secondary hair follicle stem cells from Arbas cashmere goats with quercetin at 10 μg/mL for 48 hours significantly enhanced cell proliferation and reduced apoptosis, suggesting potential strategies to improve cashmere production through various signaling pathways.
October 2025 in “OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)” In a study on secondary hair follicle stem cells from Arbas cashmere goats, researchers found that 10 μg/mL quercetin for 48 hours enhances cell proliferation and inhibits apoptosis through multiple signaling pathways, potentially improving cashmere production.
October 2025 in “Biomedicines” This study suggests that Terminalia chebula fruit extract may promote hair growth in androgenetic alopecia by activating specific signaling pathways and inhibiting 5α-reductase, showing effectiveness comparable to finasteride.
October 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study demonstrated that a novel hydrogel combining extracellular vesicles from chemically induced mammary epithelial cells with chitosan significantly enhanced skin wound healing in a rat model.
October 2025 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This research review observed that topical hormone replacement therapy, particularly estradiol and estradiol-testosterone combinations, significantly increased Type I and III collagen synthesis in the skin of postmenopausal women, suggesting benefits against collagen loss-related skin aging effects such as reduced elasticity and increased dryness.
September 2025 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” In this review, retinoids are highlighted as promising agents for promoting scarless skin regeneration by coordinating cellular and molecular processes that suppress fibrosis, enhance re-epithelialization, promote angiogenesis, and enable hair follicle formation, potentially advancing functional skin repair.
September 2025 in “Chinese Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” This review reports that while botulinum toxin shows potential mechanisms for treating androgenetic alopecia, recent high-quality trials found no significant hair density improvement compared to placebo, indicating it can't yet replace traditional treatments.
August 2025 in “Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology” In this study, a 5% Gymnema sylvestre leaf extract formulation applied to C3H mice showed significantly delayed hair regrowth by increasing TGF-β1 and TGF-β2 expression while reducing β-catenin levels, suggesting its potential as a natural hair growth inhibitor.
August 2025 in “Intisari Sains Medis” This study found that in healthy individuals, TGF-β1 levels in platelet-rich plasma are significantly higher when extracted using the buffy coat method compared to the pure method, with additional gender differences observed only in the buffy coat PRP.
This study found that quercetin significantly promoted proliferation and inhibited apoptosis of hair follicle stem cells from Arbas cashmere goats, suggesting potential benefits for improving cashmere production.
August 2025 in “Animal nutrition” This study found that supplementing with 1.5% α-ketoglutaric acid significantly improved the performance, hair follicle density, and antioxidant capacity in Rex rabbits, potentially by enhancing the Wnt signaling pathway and reducing amino acid catabolism.
August 2025 in “OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)” In this study, PA-011 extract was reported to promote hair growth and alleviate alopecia areata symptoms in mice by reducing skin inflammation and modulating skin microbiota.
July 2025 in “Pharmaceutics” This study found that Annexin A5 significantly reduced fibrosis and inflammation in both preventive and therapeutic contexts in a bleomycin-induced localized scleroderma mouse model, demonstrating its potential anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory effects for treating fibrotic diseases.
July 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Schwann cell and M2 macrophage interactions contribute to keloid growth by increasing matrix deposition.
July 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that autologous Foxp3+ γδTregs, when tested in human scalp hair follicle models and mouse xenotransplants, can both prevent and treat alopecia areata by reducing immune privilege collapse and lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting their potential as a novel cell-based therapy for the disease.
In this study, researchers used two dermal papilla spheroid models to investigate hair cycle regression mechanisms and found that the vascular system enhances tissue physiology and gene modulation, while Retinol-based treatments can partially recover tissue degeneration observed over an extended culture period.
In this study, human dermal papilla cell-derived extracellular vesicles (hDPC-EVs) were found to reduce skin fibrosis in mice by delivering miRNA-182-5p, which inhibits the TGF-β1 signaling pathway.
June 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” In this study, researchers used spatial transcriptomics to identify increased expression of genes linked to extracellular matrix organization and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in the progenitor cell regions of hair follicles in androgenetic alopecia patients, suggesting a possible role in progenitor cell loss and fibrogenic microenvironment development.
June 2025 in “Current Issues in Molecular Biology” In this laboratory study, Cucumis melo var. makuwa leaf extract significantly reduced DHT-induced apoptosis in human dermal papilla cells by modulating androgen receptor activity and gene expression, suggesting potential as a therapy for androgenetic alopecia.
May 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” In a mouse study, Fr2 from Platycladus orientalis L. significantly enhanced hair growth, suggesting its potential as a natural therapeutic agent for hair regeneration.
May 2025 in “ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science” In this study, researchers found that proteins derived from stressed mesenchymal stem cells, stimulated using the root extract of Atalantia monophylla, successfully promoted hair growth and activated hair follicle stem cells in a mouse model of androgenetic alopecia through the Wnt and TGF-β pathways.
May 2025 in “Cellular Signalling” Oxidative stress and mitophagy play key roles in hair loss, suggesting potential treatment targets.
May 2025 in “Journal of the Egyptian Womenʼs Dermatologic Society” This study found that immune privilege is preserved in hair follicles of nonsegmental vitiligo patients compared to those with alopecia areata, potentially protecting follicular melanocytes from autoimmune attacks.