61 citations
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January 2008 in “Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology” This review examines beta-catenin's role in stem cell renewal, lineage selection, and tumor formation in the epidermis and reports no new experimental findings.
60 citations
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July 2011 in “Stem Cells and Development” This review discusses recent findings on hair follicle morphogenesis and regeneration, focusing on molecular signals and stem cells, and suggests that understanding these processes may aid in developing new strategies for wound healing.
50 citations
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September 2011 in “Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids” This review examines the role of retinoic acid synthesis in hair follicles and sebaceous glands, focusing on its localization and function during normal and disease states, but reports no new results.
43 citations
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March 2009 in “Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine” This study suggests that TGF-β 2 plays a critical role in hair follicle morphogenesis and may enhance the effectiveness of future cell therapies for hair regrowth using expanded dermal papilla cells.
42 citations
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March 2008 in “Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology” This review explores the potential (neuro-)endocrine influences on hair follicle epithelial stem cell biology and emphasizes the need for more systematic research, but it provides no new empirical results.
41 citations
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September 2012 in “Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences” This review summarizes the current understanding of microRNAs in skin biology, highlighting their roles in processes like wound-healing and aging, without presenting any new experimental results.
27 citations
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April 2017 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study identified overexpression of certain immune-related genes and underexpression of genes in specific signaling pathways in premature androgenetic alopecia, suggesting potential new therapeutic targets.
24 citations
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November 2013 in “Trends in pharmacological sciences” This article describes a potential novel approach to reduce chemotherapy-induced hair loss by enhancing the expression of specific transporters in hair follicles, but reports no clinical results.
20 citations
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August 2014 in “PloS one” This study found that MED1 deficiency in keratinocytes accelerates skin wound healing in young mice but delays healing in older mice, suggesting differential roles in epidermal regeneration with age.
19 citations
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June 2020 in “Animals” This study found that maternal sub-maintenance nutrition reduced the density and branching ratio of secondary wool follicles in Merino sheep fetuses and identified genes potentially involved in these processes.
19 citations
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January 2018 in “BioMed Research International” This study suggests that miRNAs, particularly miR-195-5p, may regulate the loss of hair follicle inductivity in cultured dermal papilla cells by suppressing the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.
16 citations
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December 2006 in “Expert Review of Dermatology” This review discusses the multifaceted roles of hair follicles in skin health, including potential contributions to skin neoplasias, and reports no new results.
13 citations
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December 2012 in “Frontiers in bioscience” This review discusses the potential role of vitamin D deficiency in cardiovascular and renal diseases and suggests that supplemental vitamin D could benefit cardiovascular outcomes, especially in African American and postmenopausal women; it reports no new clinical findings.
13 citations
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October 2010 in “Pharmacogenomics” This study constructed a panel of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic genes, revealing that current SNP chips insufficiently capture many drug-response gene variants, highlighting the need for complementary genetic approaches.
9 citations
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July 2020 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review emphasizes the potential of repurposing topical L-thyroxine for skin ulcers and telogen effluvium and highlights the need for further exploration of its use in dermatology.
8 citations
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March 2014 in “American Journal of Pathology” This study found that hairless mice with homozygous mutations developed significantly more aggressive basal cell carcinomas and a heightened inflammatory response to UVB exposure compared to their haired littermates.
6 citations
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September 2024 in “Metabolism and Target Organ Damage” This review discusses the role of skin enzymes in drug metabolism and emphasizes the need for models assessing enzyme activity to evaluate the safety and bioequivalence of topical generic drugs, highlighting efforts to standardize testing protocols for transdermal products.
6 citations
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July 2023 in “Nature cell biology” In this study, re-activating SOX9 in adult epidermal stem cells led to a fate switch towards hair follicle stem cell identity, with altered chromatin dynamics and oncogenic activation, contributing insights into developmental processes and cancer pathways.
5 citations
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March 2023 in “Archives of dermatological research” This study found that hidradenitis suppurativa is associated with increased serum levels of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α, suggesting its role in the disease's pathogenesis and as a treatment target.
5 citations
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October 2016 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that activin A signaling is crucial for hair follicle neogenesis in human dermal papilla 3D cultures combined with mouse epidermal cells.
5 citations
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January 2009 in “Dermato-endocrinology” This study suggests that ADAM 10 and 12 proteases may play important roles in the regulation of hair cycling through their expression patterns in hair follicle structures.
3 citations
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January 2012 in “Wageningen Academic Publishers eBooks” This article discusses the complex biological functions and social significance of hair follicles and reports no new research findings, emphasizing their role in health, disease, and a substantial beauty industry.
3 citations
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July 2024 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This study demonstrates that Puerariae Lobatae Radix may regulate skin lipid metabolism by inhibiting sebaceous gland growth and reducing triglyceride secretion, highlighting its therapeutic potential for sebaceous gland-related conditions.
2 citations
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May 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that sebaceous glands in the skin are primarily renewed by their own stem cells during normal conditions, but after injury, they regenerate through stem cells from hair follicles, highlighting stem cell plasticity and regeneration capabilities.
2 citations
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November 2017 in “PloS one” This study found that 2MbisP increases epidermal thickening more rapidly than atRA in rhino mice, while both compounds similarly reduce utricle size.
1 citations
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September 2013 in “Elsevier eBooks” This review discusses factors affecting hair aging, such as inflammation and UV exposure, and examines potential anti-aging benefits of antioxidants and nutraceuticals for hair, but reports no new clinical results.
October 2025 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study synthesizes knowledge of how dendritic cell signals, epithelial integrins, and fibroblast activity converge on TGF-β1 to maintain or disrupt skin healing, contrasting normal and fibrotic scar formation and suggesting possible integrin and immune-targeted treatments for skin fibrosis.
July 2025 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that dermal papilla cell-conditioned medium can protect against UV-induced skin aging in a mouse model by modulating ferroptosis pathways, highlighting its potential for treating oxidative stress-related skin conditions.
December 2024 in “Frontiers in Veterinary Science” This study on Dorper sheep identified important genetic factors influencing hair follicle development, finding that expression patterns and genes like DBI, FZD3, and ZDHHC21 play a crucial role in wool shedding, which could help improve understanding of mammalian skin-related traits and human hair advancement.
June 2022 in “International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS)” This review examines the role of certain proteins in the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome and reports no new results, emphasizing the potential for future diagnostic and therapeutic advancements.