124 citations
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December 2016 in “Pharmaceuticals” This review discusses the functions and potential therapeutic targeting of TRP ion channels in the skin, noting their involvement in both physiological processes and various pathological conditions, but reports no new experimental results.
130 citations
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November 2017 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review explores recent findings on regulatory T cells, focusing on their unique functions in non-lymphoid tissues and new mechanisms of action, but presents no original clinical results.
In this study, researchers identified IL18R+ thymus-resident regulatory T cells in mice, demonstrating their unique molecular features and resistance to age- and stress-induced thymus involution, highlighting IL18 signaling's role in Treg migration and retention.
24 citations
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April 2022 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study found that TRPV4 activation induced massive exocytosis and cellular changes associated with ferroptosis in melanoma cells, highlighting a potential role for TRPV4 in mediating these processes.
11 citations
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March 2024 in “Cell and Tissue Research” In this review, researchers summarize the methods for characterizing telocytes, outline their physiological roles and implications in diseases, and discuss potential future studies including precise markers and targeted therapies.
August 2026 in “Cell Insight” This review discusses how regulatory T cells may also promote tissue regeneration through specialized pathways, in addition to their traditional role in maintaining immune tolerance, but reports no new experimental results.
October 1984 in “Immunology Today” 18 citations
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April 2016 in “The journal of immunology/The Journal of immunology” This study found that mesenchymal cells from different organs exhibit substantial heterogeneity, with thymic mesenchymal cells particularly adapted for interacting with epithelial and hematolymphoid cells in high-apoptosis environments.
April 2024 in “The Journal of experimental medicine/The journal of experimental medicine” This review discusses how regulatory T cells, known for their immunosuppressive role, also produce repair mediators critical for tissue repair and regeneration, acting on non-immune cells in tissue-specific contexts, and highlights areas for future research in tissue repair, fibrosis, and cancer.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study suggests that monitoring CD8+ TEMRA cells in patients with rapidly progressive alopecia areata treated with intravenous corticosteroids could help predict therapeutic outcomes.
January 2026 in “Immune Network” This review discusses the heterogeneity of Tregs in normal and tumor environments, emphasizing the complexity of targeting tumor-resident Tregs while maintaining systemic immune tolerance, but reports no new findings.
286 citations
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April 2009 in “The journal of neuroscience/The Journal of neuroscience” This study found that TRPA1-deficient mice exhibited normal cold sensitivity but had decreased mechanical response in nociceptors, suggesting TRPA1's role in mechanotransduction.
77 citations
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September 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that TRPV3 ion channels on human epidermal keratinocytes suppress cell proliferation, induce cell death, and trigger a proinflammatory response, suggesting a role in cutaneous inflammatory processes.
188 citations
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March 2018 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review discusses the role of regulatory T-cells in tissue repair and regeneration across various organs and reports no new clinical results.
125 citations
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September 2019 in “Journal of Clinical Immunology” This review summarizes recent advances in Treg cell biology, focusing on Foxp3's role in immune regulation and therapeutic reprogramming for immune dysregulatory disorders, but reports no new clinical results.
7 citations
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January 2016 in “Laboratory Investigation” TR3 is mainly found in hair follicle stem cells and may be involved in hair loss.
January 2026 in “Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine” This paper proposes a model integrating regulatory T cells and mesenchymal stem/stromal cells to enhance understanding of peripheral immune tolerance, suggesting their combined roles in immune regulation, autoimmunity pathophysiology, and potential MSC-based therapies.
2 citations
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September 2022 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This article reviews the emerging non-inflammatory roles of regulatory T cells in the skin and reports no new clinical findings, suggesting broad biological influence beyond traditional immune functions.
April 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, TRPV3G568V mice exhibited periodic hair loss and immune cell infiltration in the dermis, without affecting hair follicle stem cell fate, suggesting a focus on dermal immune cells for future research.
14 citations
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February 2020 in “Scientific reports” This study found that telocytes in human scalp tissue were located around hair follicles and glands and may be involved in skin regeneration and homeostasis.
140 citations
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March 2013 in “The journal of immunology/The Journal of immunology” This study found that IL-7 is crucial for the survival of memory regulatory T cells in the skin of mice, whereas IL-2 is essential for their initial generation but not for their maintenance.
7 citations
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November 2024 in “Journal of Inflammation Research” This review discusses the role of the TRPV4 channel in both normal and diseased intestinal functions and suggests that targeting TRPV4 may have clinical significance for treating intestinal diseases due to its involvement in intestinal barrier dysfunction.
January 2012 in “Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)” This study demonstrated that the human thymus contains clonogenic thymic epithelial cells capable of self-renewal and maintaining a thymic phenotype in a specific culture system.
116 citations
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August 2010 in “Nature” Scientists turned rat thymus cells into stem cells that can help repair skin and hair.
November 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that "early" transit amplifying cells, marked by CD271, are the first keratinocyte stem cell progenitors with distinct features, playing a significant role in early epidermal differentiation and regeneration.
160 citations
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April 2012 in “Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine” This study found that telocytes are present in the human dermis, suggesting a potential role in skin homeostasis, remodeling, regeneration, and repair.
10 citations
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May 2024 in “BioEssays” This review examined the role of the ion channel TRPV3 in warmth sensation and skin physiology, discussing controversies around its direct contribution to temperature perception, its involvement in skin health, and its potential as a therapeutic target for skin diseases.
7 citations
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January 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that epithelial cells in the skin of live mice regulate the density and spatial organization of immune cells, which actively maintain their position despite constant cell turnover.
January 2008 in “Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)” In this study, rat primary thymic epithelial cells demonstrated a clonogenic growth pattern in vitro and were able to integrate into functional thymus or differentiate into skin derivatives, similar to skin multipotent stem cells.
7 citations
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August 2022 in “Nature communications” This study found that Thy1+ keratinocytes in the basal layer of the interfollicular epidermis play a crucial role in epidermal homeostasis and wound repair, with their ablation impairing these processes.