98 citations
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February 2010 in “Dermatology Online Journal” This article outlines the potential for upregulating the vitamin D receptor in treating hair disorders, emphasizing the need for further studies to evaluate vitamin D's role in the hair cycle.
95 citations
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July 2006 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study observed that vitamin D receptor expression in certain hair follicle cells varies throughout the murine hair cycle, suggesting a potential role for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in hair follicle biology.
86 citations
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August 2015 in “The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” This study suggests that vitamin D and calcium signaling play a crucial role in wound healing by regulating stem cell activation through enhanced β-catenin transcriptional activity in mice.
81 citations
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January 2006 in “Journal of cellular physiology” This study found that the absence of the vitamin D receptor disrupts hair follicle structure during the first catagen in mice, linked to increased expression of the hairless gene.
78 citations
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November 2005 in “Endocrinology” This study found that Hairless (Hr) acts as a corepressor of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in human keratinocytes, blocking the action of vitamin D on keratinocyte differentiation.
74 citations
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September 2006 in “Cell Cycle” This review examines the role of Hairless, a nuclear receptor corepressor, in regulating Wnt signaling during hair cycling and reports no new clinical results.
68 citations
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December 2014 in “Cell Biochemistry and Function” This review examines the role of nuclear hormone receptors in skin wound repair processes and reports no new clinical results, highlighting the importance of their interaction with skin cells for effective healing.
67 citations
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August 2004 in “Endocrinology” This study identified a novel I268T mutation in the vitamin D receptor that reduces its function, contributing to hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets, and found that a potent vitamin D analog could improve receptor function.
62 citations
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January 2009 in “Biochemistry” This study found that both the natural ligand 1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3) and the synthetic agonist LG190178 bind similarly to the vitamin D receptor's coregulator motifs, suggesting similar biological functions.
61 citations
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April 2023 in “Advanced Materials” This study introduced a viscoelastic dry electrode that successfully reduces motion artifacts in EP monitoring on hairy skin, maintaining stable performance for up to 48 days.
59 citations
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April 2016 in “Breast Cancer Research and Treatment” This study found that AR/VDR-targeted agonist hormone therapy can inhibit cell viability in HR2-av triple-negative breast cancer cell lines through multiple mechanisms and may enhance the effects of chemotherapy.
57 citations
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April 2002 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that the vitamin D receptor is crucial for initiating the postnatal hair follicular cycle in mice, preventing alopecia associated with its inactivation.
57 citations
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August 1997 in “Pediatrics International” This abstract discusses two types of hereditary vitamin D metabolism defects, VDDR I and VDDR II, and reports on their distinct characteristics and treatment responses, without presenting new clinical data.
56 citations
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September 2014 in “Molecular Endocrinology” This study found that the absence of unliganded vitamin D receptor significantly impairs cWnt and hedgehog signaling pathways necessary for hair cycle initiation in VDR-null mice.
56 citations
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November 2012 in “Endocrinology” This study found that the absence of vitamin D receptor signaling in mice impairs the inflammatory response to skin injury, particularly affecting macrophage recruitment and granulation tissue formation.
55 citations
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January 2020 in “Advances in experimental medicine and biology” This study suggests that vitamin D and its receptor may protect against the development of epidermal tumors following UV radiation by regulating specific cellular signaling pathways.
54 citations
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January 2007 in “The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” This study found that hair follicle homeostasis in mice requires vitamin D receptor expression in keratinocytes, independent of its ligand activation.
51 citations
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September 2008 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This article reviews the role of vitamin D receptor in protecting the skin from UV radiation-induced damage and tumor formation, but it reports no new clinical results.
51 citations
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January 2003 in “Hormone Research in Paediatrics” This review discusses hormonal influences on hair growth and suggests that understanding hormone-gene interactions may improve treatment of hirsutism and alopecia, but reports no new clinical findings.
50 citations
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October 2011 in “Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics” This study found that while calcium can substitute for the Vitamin D receptor in maintaining epidermal keratinocyte differentiation, it cannot compensate for hair follicle dysfunction caused by the absence of the receptor.
50 citations
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September 2009 in “Molecular Genetics and Metabolism” This study identified a novel V26M mutation in the vitamin D receptor as the cause of hereditary vitamin D resistant rickets in a patient, characterized by severe rickets and an unusual pattern of alopecia.
50 citations
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October 1986 in “European journal of pediatrics” This case study reported that absence of alopecia does not reliably predict responsiveness to vitamin D treatment in Vitamin D-dependent rickets type II, as demonstrated by a patient with normal hair growth who showed extreme resistance.
49 citations
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November 2013 in “The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” This study found that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3/VDR inhibits β-catenin's role in keratinocyte proliferation but enhances its role in hair follicle differentiation.
47 citations
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September 2002 in “Journal of Bone and Mineral Research” This study found that a specific VDR amino acid substitution in children with hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets disrupts ligand binding and gene activation but does not impair hair follicle development.
47 citations
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February 1998 in “Journal of bone and mineral research” In this study, researchers identified a unique Arg30stop mutation in the vitamin D receptor gene that causes hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets in a young French-Canadian boy by truncating the receptor and causing hormone resistance.
46 citations
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May 2018 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that the vitamin D receptor is essential for the self-renewal, migration, and differentiation of epidermal stem cells during skin wound healing in mice.
45 citations
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December 2006 in “Baillière's best practice and research in clinical endocrinology and metabolism/Baillière's best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism” This review discusses the multifaceted role of vitamin D in the body, noting its influence on calcium balance, hair cycle maintenance, cell proliferation, cardiovascular function, and immune modulation, with no new clinical results reported.
42 citations
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July 2010 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This article reviews the use of dermatoscopy and videodermatoscopy in therapeutic follow-up, noting that videodermatoscopy is a reliable tool despite potential cost issues with high magnifications.
42 citations
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January 2017 in “Stem cells international” This study found that while extracellular matrix components like hyaluronic acid promoted larger organoid formation, other matrix components hindered hair follicle germ assembly in an in vitro model.
42 citations
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July 2007 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” This study found that most pathogenic HR mutants associated with atrichia with papular lesions had abolished corepressor activity due to defective interactions with histone deacetylases.