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January 2021 in “Scientific Reports” This study identified key genes and signaling pathways involved in the growth phases of Pashmina goat hair follicles, highlighting the role of several gene families and transcription factors in fiber quality and growth regulation.
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May 2024 in “PLoS ONE” This study found that storing horse hair follicles in RNAlater® at cool or room temperature for up to a week did not affect RNA integrity, suggesting it allows for flexible sample transport without immediate freezing.
October 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” In this study, RNA integrity in horse hair follicles stored at various conditions in RNAlater® was maintained, showing that storing them at cool or room temperature for up to a week does not compromise RNA quality or concentration.
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December 2022 in “International journal of molecular sciences” This study compared RNA-seq results from horse plucked-hair and skin-biopsy samples, finding that plucked hairs were enriched with hair-follicle keratinocytes, while biopsies showed enrichment for other cell types.
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May 2023 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This study developed a two-step diagnostic model using transcriptome biomarkers from hair follicles to improve the accuracy of methamphetamine use disorder diagnosis, achieving high prediction accuracy in distinguishing non-recovered and almost-recovered patients from healthy controls.