41 citations
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December 2019 in “Stem Cell Reviews and Reports” This review discusses the progress in tooth regeneration research and highlights the potential of spatial-temporal release of developmental factors, but it reports no new clinical findings.
16 citations
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August 2022 in “Nature Communications” In this study, researchers discovered that ROR2, a Wnt receptor, plays a crucial role in regulating hair follicle stem cell self-renewal and maintenance, compensating for the absence of β-catenin.
This study found that the Wnt10b gene promotes, while the SFRP2 gene inhibits, hair growth in Wanxi Angora rabbits, influencing the hair growth cycle and follicle regeneration.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, researchers found that canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling and Wnt-ligand expression are distinctly regulated during wound healing across different cell populations and immunity conditions, particularly under type 2 immunity.
January 2013 in “eScholarship (California Digital Library)” This study observed that activating Wnt signaling pathways increased the efficiency of reprogramming human fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells compared to untreated cells.
28 citations
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July 2007 in “Development” In this study, inactivating the TAF4 subunit of transcription factor TFIID in mouse epidermis disrupted gene expression linked to skin and hair function, and increased tumor risk.
118 citations
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December 2003 in “Mechanisms of Ageing and Development” Thymosin β4 helps heal wounds, grow hair, and improve blood vessel formation.
5 citations
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January 2016 in “Journal of Molecular Histology” Both main and alternative Wnt signaling are important for regrowing rodent whisker follicles.
September 2017 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that in AGA, the risk allele at locus 2q35 alters WNT10A expression through EBF1, suggesting a potential androgen-dependent regulatory mechanism.
April 2026 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review synthesizes recent research on how Wnt signaling regulates skin, hair follicle, and nail regeneration, highlighting its compartment-specific roles and discussing targeted strategies for treating conditions like alopecia, chronic wounds, and skin cancer.
112 citations
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January 2014 in “Molecular and cellular therapies” This review summarizes the current understanding of Wnt signaling in relation to its roles in tissue regeneration and cancer progression and discusses recent medical advancements targeting this pathway for therapeutic purposes.
February 2023 in “PubMed” This review discusses the role of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in wound healing, but it presents no new clinical results.
9 citations
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July 2022 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” This study in mice found that WWP2 facilitates odontoblast differentiation and dentin formation by targeting PTEN for degradation, thereby enhancing KLF5 activity, which may suggest its crucial role in dental development.
101 citations
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November 2011 in “Nature Communications” Wnt/β-catenin signaling is crucial for cell fusion in placental development.
29 citations
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December 2005 in “BioEssays” This study found that Wnt/β‐catenin signaling influences the hair follicle regeneration process by prompting quiescent stem cells to enter the cell cycle and is necessary for maintaining the stem cell pool.
170 citations
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July 2012 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, researchers showed that Wnt ligands secreted by hair follicle epithelium are crucial for hair follicle regeneration and may be significant for treating hair disorders like alopecia.
May 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Activating Wnt in skin cells controls the number of hair follicles by directing cell movement and fate.
10 citations
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November 2018 in “Nature Biotechnology” Drugmakers are optimistic about targeting the Wnt pathway for new treatments despite past challenges.
130 citations
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March 2014 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” This study found that in mice, epidermal Wnt/β-catenin signaling influences adipocyte differentiation and hair growth, suggesting its critical role in synchronizing adipogenesis with the hair growth cycle.
91 citations
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December 2019 in “The EMBO Journal” This study found that the E3 ligases NEDD4 and NEDD4L regulate intestinal stem cell priming by degrading the LGR5 receptor, and their loss leads to increased Wnt activation and crypt proliferation, which in turn accelerates intestinal tumor progression in mice.
May 2015 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, Wnt-3a was found to play an important role in partially maintaining and expanding epithelial skin stem cells in vitro, suggesting potential for in vitro stem cell culture without feeder cells.
2 citations
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January 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that androgen signaling can inhibit Wnt-stimulated growth in prostate basal cell organoids, suggesting a key role in regulating their multipotency.
2 citations
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June 2024 in “Skin Research and Technology” This study found that low-level laser stimulation activates the Wnt signaling pathway, promoting hair follicle stem cell regeneration and accelerating wound healing.
2 citations
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August 2022 in “Frontiers in Endocrinology” This study reported that myeloid-specific Wnt production did not affect wound healing or blood vessel density in mice but influenced endovascular progenitor cell kinetics during angiogenesis.
56 citations
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January 2022 in “Burns & Trauma” This study suggests that intercellular communication via the WNT5A and STAT pathways may partly drive EMT-like phenomena in keloid pathogenesis, based on findings in an animal model.
6 citations
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January 2025 in “Differentiation” This review highlights the role of the glycoprotein WNT10A in human tissue and organ development, exploring its genetic structure, expression, and association with disorders like ectodermal dysplasia and pathological conditions such as fibrosis and cancer.
7 citations
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January 2019 in “PeerJ” This study found that intradermal injection of Secreted Frizzled-related Protein 4 inhibits, but does not block, hair follicle regeneration in mice, suggesting potential therapeutic applications for hair follicle regeneration disorders.
34 citations
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July 2006 in “The Journal of Comparative Neurology” This study found that overexpression of neurotrophin 4 in mouse skin increased hair follicle and Meissner corpuscle innervation without altering sensory neuron numbers, differing from brain-derived neurotrophic factor by not affecting Merkel cell numbers.
53 citations
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April 2014 in “Experimental Dermatology” In this study, ectopic Wnt10b-mediated β-catenin activation in hair follicles resulted in larger regenerating anagen hair structures, an effect modulated by the Wnt inhibitor DKK1.