8 citations
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October 2012 in “Transgenic Research” This study found that transgenic mice overexpressing human H-ferritin showed mild growth retardation and a temporary hairless phenotype, highlighting H-ferritin's physiological roles.
April 2016 in “Proceedings of SPIE” This study found that UV laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy can effectively differentiate between types of alopecia in patients, showing a high correlation between blood circulation levels and tissue autofluorescence intensity.
18 citations
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April 2010 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas” This review discusses the current procedure for follicular unit hair transplantation, emphasizing its natural and reproducible results, but does not report new clinical findings.
36 citations
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October 2000 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study identified a distinct gene near the hairless locus on chromosome 8p that is responsible for hereditary Marie Unna type hypotrichosis in a German family.
32 citations
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July 2017 in “Oncotarget” This study found that intermittent treatment with FTI lonafarnib and sulforaphane may be a promising therapeutic approach for children with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, as it improved the cellular phenotype.
June 2025 in “Medical alphabet” This study found that the manual hair transplantation method HFE may offer better precision and cosmetically satisfying results with minimal tissue trauma for treating androgenetic alopecia in men.
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.
November 2025 in “Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery” In this study, researchers found that using the FUE method, performed by surgeons instead of technicians, allows for more precise follicular unit extraction than the traditional FUT method, potentially improving outcomes and donor area utilization in hair transplantation.
7 citations
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November 2021 in “Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study describes a novel FUE device that may perform successfully across various patient scenarios, adapting to differences in skin firmness, thickness, and hair curliness.
14 citations
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April 2011 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Researchers found a gene mutation responsible for a rare hair loss condition.
2 citations
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March 2019 in “Lasers in surgery and medicine” This study found that human hair follicles demonstrated a dose-dependent response to light in an ex vivo photoepilation model, which could predict the clinical efficacy and permanency of light-based hair removal devices.
September 2017 in “Springer eBooks” FUE hair transplants have improved to give more natural results with less scarring and pain.
7 citations
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March 2017 in “Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine” This study found that human hair follicle-derived mesenchymal stem cells effectively maintained human embryonic stem cells in an undifferentiated state, comparable to mouse embryonic fibroblasts under standard conditions.
September 2024 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study found that MF patients with darker skin types show slower initial improvement with NB-UVB phototherapy, highlighting disparities in treatment efficacy that warrant further investigation.
5 citations
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March 2012 in “Microscopy Research and Technique” In this study, UVB exposure was found to alter certain chemical properties of the hair shaft, such as keratin components and water content, without significantly affecting its physical morphology.
48 citations
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July 2023 in “Biomedicines” This review discusses transdermal drug delivery using hydrogel-forming microneedles and highlights their potential for disease treatment, but notes challenges in their clinical application.
1 citations
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January 2010 in “Biophysical journal” This study found that human hair shows progressive damage from UV and gamma radiation exposure, with fluorescence intensity serving as a sensitive measure of radiation-induced changes.
2 citations
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December 2024 in “Microscopy Research and Technique” This study introduced a novel microscopy system using an Er3 + −doped femtosecond fiber laser, achieving detailed imaging of biological structures in plant and skin samples with improved spatial resolution for various applications, including in vivo imaging.
46 citations
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September 2023 in “Cell Reports” This study reports that sebaceous glands can regenerate after injury through stem cell plasticity, with hair-follicle-derived stem cells replacing sebaceous gland progenitors and playing a crucial role in the regeneration process, which is dependent on FGFR2 signaling and aided by hair growth induction.
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.
9 citations
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July 2022 in “EMBO molecular medicine” This study found that targeting IL-6, IL-1, and CCR6 signaling pathways may effectively reduce irradiation-induced alopecia and dermatitis in radiotherapy patients.
4 citations
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January 2025 in “The Journal of Cell Biology” This study found that deleting ceramide synthase 4 in skin epidermis stem cells disrupts hair follicle and skin barrier function, leading to immune responses similar to atopic dermatitis, due to imbalances in lipid composition affecting differentiation.
3 citations
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October 2020 in “Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine” This case report describes the first documented occurrence of a free-floating left atrial thrombus in a dog, highlighting the lack of specific therapeutic strategies for treating intracardiac thrombi in dogs.
1 citations
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August 2025 in “Medicina” This review discusses the evolution and potential of non-invasive imaging techniques for diagnosing scalp diseases, highlighting their advantages and limitations compared to trichoscopy and scalp biopsy, the current diagnostic standards.
This study identified a proliferative intermediate transcriptional state associated with the transition from secondary hair germ cells to lower hair follicle-associated cells during early hair follicle regeneration in mice.
May 2026 in “Theranostics” This study found that the DKK3-CKAP4 signaling axis is involved in fibroimmune remodeling in androgenetic alopecia and that targeting this pathway may restore a regenerative hair follicle environment, offering a potential therapeutic strategy to counteract hair follicle miniaturization.
September 2025 in “Science Advances” This study reports that PADI4, an enzyme involved in posttranslational protein modifications, regulates progenitor cell transitions in hair follicle development by repressing transcription and interacting with translational and ribosomal processes.
July 2025 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study found that blocking the chemokine CXCL12 in a testosterone-induced mouse model of androgenetic alopecia restored hair regeneration and reduced fibrosis and immune alterations.
July 2025 in “The FASEB Journal” This study reported that exosomes derived from human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSC-exo) accelerated hair growth in androgenetic alopecia mice by enhancing signals between hair follicle cells and improving cellular environments, particularly protecting against dihydrotestosterone-induced damage via Wnt/β-catenin signaling.
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.