research The Human Skin as a Hormone Target and an Endocrine Gland
Human skin acts like a hormone-producing organ, making and managing various hormones important for skin and hair health.
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research Regulated Proenkephalin Expression in Human Skin and Cultured Skin Cells
Human skin cells produce proenkephalin, which changes with environmental factors and skin diseases.
research Neuroimmunology of Stress: Skin Takes Center Stage
Stress can worsen skin and hair conditions by affecting the skin's immune response and hormone levels.
research Serotoninergic And Melatoninergic Systems Are Fully Expressed In Human Skin
Human skin can make serotonin and melatonin.
research Alopecia Areata: A Review of Disease Pathogenesis
Alopecia areata is likely an autoimmune disease with unclear triggers, involving various immune cells and molecules, and currently has no cure.
research The Human Hair: From Anatomy to Physiology
The document concludes that hair is complex, with a detailed growth cycle, structure, and clinical importance, affecting various scientific and medical fields.
research Neuroendocrinology of the Hair Follicle: Principles and Clinical Perspectives
Hair follicles are hormone-sensitive and involved in growth and other functions, with potential for new treatments, but more research is needed.
research Prolactin and the Skin: A Dermatological Perspective on an Ancient Pleiotropic Peptide Hormone
Prolactin affects hair growth and skin conditions, and could be a target for new skin disease treatments.
research Stress-Related Skin Disorders
Stress can worsen skin conditions by affecting hormone levels and immune response.
research A Neuroendocrinological Perspective on Human Hair Follicle Pigmentation
Brain hormones significantly affect hair color and could potentially be used to prevent or reverse grey hair.
research Neuroendocrinology of Epithelial Hair Follicle Stem Cells
Hormones and neuroendocrine factors control hair growth and color, and more research could lead to new hair treatment options.
research Persistent Escalation of Alcohol Consumption by Mice Exposed to Brief Episodes of Social Defeat Stress: Suppression by CRF-R1 Antagonism
Blocking CRF-R1 can reduce alcohol intake in stressed mice.
research Alteration of Ethanol Drinking in Mice via Modulation of the GABAA Receptor with Ganaxolone, Finasteride, and Gaboxadol
Three drugs change mice's alcohol drinking patterns by affecting GABAA receptors.
research Hair Pigmentation: A Research Update
Hair color is determined by different melanins and changes with age.
research Hormonal Regulation in Male Androgenetic Alopecia: Sex Hormones and Beyond - Evidence from Recent Genetic Studies
Hormones and genes affect hair growth and male baldness.
research Stress-Sensing in the Human Greying Hair Follicle: Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) Depletion in Hair Bulb Melanocytes in Canities-Prone Scalp
Hair greying is linked to reduced ATM protein in hair cells, which protects against stress and damage.
research The Local Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis in Cultured Human Dermal Papilla Cells
Stress hormone CRF can cause hair loss by affecting hair growth cells and hormones.
research Endocrine Systems of the Skin: A 2019 Review
The skin acts like an endocrine organ, making hormones that affect skin diseases and respond to stress.
research Does the Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone System Play a Role in the Pathogenesis of Lichen Planus?
The CRH/CRH-R1 system might be involved in causing lichen planus.
research The Murine Hair Follicle Is a Melatonin Target
Melatonin directly affects mouse hair follicles and may influence hair growth.
research Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and the Skin
CRH in the skin acts like the body's stress response system, affecting cell behavior and immune activity.
research CRF Receptor Antagonist Astressin-B Reverses and Prevents Alopecia in CRF Over-Expressing Mice
Astressin-B can reverse and prevent hair loss in stressed mice.
research Neuroimmunoendocrine Circuitry of the Brain-Skin Connection
Stress can worsen skin conditions and stop hair growth by affecting the body's stress response system.
research Sebocytes’ Makeup: Novel Mechanisms and Concepts in the Physiology of the Human Sebaceous Glands
Hormones and signaling pathways control sebaceous gland function and could help treat acne.
research Protective Role of Melatonin and Its Metabolites in Skin Aging
Melatonin, a hormone, can help protect skin from aging by reducing stress, inflammation, and damage, and may also help treat hair loss in women.
research Three Streams for the Mechanism of Hair Graying
Hair graying may be caused by stem cell depletion from stress or melanocyte damage.
research New Effects of Caffeine on Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)-Induced Stress Along the Intrafollicular Classical Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis (CRH-R1/2, IP3-R, ACTH, MC-R2) and the Neurogenic Non-HPA Axis (Substance P, p75NTR and TrkA) in Ex Vivo Human Male Androgenetic Scalp Hair Follicles
Caffeine may help reduce stress-induced hair loss.
research Recent Progress in Understanding the Effect of Sympathetic Nerves on Hair Follicle Growth
Stress can cause hair loss by affecting nerve-related hair growth, and noradrenaline might help prevent this.
research Bibliometric Study of Adaptogens in Dermatology: Pharmacophylogeny, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Mechanisms
Plant adaptogens may help treat skin diseases and improve skin health, but more research is needed to fully understand how they work.
research Evaluation of a Therapeutic Alternative for Telogen Effluvium: A Pilot Study
The document concludes that a new treatment for a type of hair loss called telogen effluvium was tested and shows promise.