51 citations
,
November 1998 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, researchers found that while both beard and scalp dermal papilla cells release similar autocrine growth factors, only beard cells increased production and response with testosterone, suggesting these factors enhance androgen-induced hair growth.
This study identified Activin A and its antagonist follistatin as crucial regulators of hair cell differentiation in mice, suggesting a local gradient of Activin A influences auditory sensory epithelium development.
2 citations
,
May 2024 in “Immunity” In this study, Luan et al. showed that epidermal stem cells play a key role in wound healing by coordinating the recruitment of regulatory T cells and neutrophils, which help balance immune tolerance and inflammation.
July 2026 in “The Journal of Immunology” This study observed that in both mouse and human models of alopecia areata, T cells exhibit a stress response involving heat shock proteins and other regulatory markers, suggesting their potential as targets for therapeutic intervention in this autoimmune skin disease.
This study found that the loss of papillary fibroblasts in the skin due to UV radiation is mainly caused by an uncontrolled inflammatory response, with T cells helping fibroblast survival.
