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June 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Activating β-catenin in mammary cells leads to changes that cause early-stage abnormal growths similar to skin structures.
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February 2000 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” The arrector pili muscle attaches to the extracellular matrix using α5β1 integrin and connects muscle cells using α1β1 integrin.
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January 2025 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” Inhibiting ACE2 improves skin regeneration during tissue expansion.
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April 2000 in “Journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry/The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry” ICAM-1 helps regulate hair growth cycles and skin remodeling.
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February 2011 in “Cell” Nephronectin helps attach muscle cells to hair follicles.
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December 2000 in “The EMBO Journal” Inhibiting Bmp signaling disrupts hair growth and differentiation.
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January 2009 in “Development” β-catenin, Shh, and Bmp signaling control hair follicle development.
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January 2015 in “Journal of molecular cell biology/Journal of Molecular Cell Biology” mTOR signaling helps activate hair stem cells by balancing out the suppression caused by BMP during hair growth.
April 2010 in “Cancer Research” Mcl-1 can activate Wnt signaling in skin cells, promoting growth and possibly cancer.
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January 2023 in “Nature cell biology” A specific signal from hair cells controls the tightening of the surrounding muscle, which is necessary for hair shedding.
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February 2017 in “Molecular Medicine Reports” Activating Notch signaling can kill basal cell carcinoma cells.
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April 2022 in “Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering” Activating the PI3K/Akt pathway improves hair growth by human dermal papilla cells in hair beads.
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February 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” A peptide from hair follicle stem cells promotes hair growth by activating specific skin cells.
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June 2005 in “Genes & development” β-catenin is essential for stem cell activation and proliferation in hair follicles.
January 2010 in “DukeSpace (Duke University)” Wnt and Notch pathways are crucial for repairing blood stem cells after damage.
April 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” CREB, a protein that can promote cancer traits, is controlled by β-catenin in skin cancer cells.
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April 2012 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The conclusion is that Fgf18 and Tgf-ß signaling could be targeted for hair loss treatments.
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February 2016 in “Nature Communications” Epidermal β-catenin activation changes the dermis by signaling different fibroblast types.
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January 2019 in “Annals of Dermatology” Blocking the NOTCH pathway can prevent fibrosis in systemic sclerosis.
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December 2021 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” Overactive Wnt signaling in mouse skin stem cells causes acne-like cysts and shrinking oil glands, which some treatments can partially fix.
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March 2013 in “Journal of Applied Biomedicine” β-catenin helps hair follicle stem cells grow by activating a specific cell pathway.
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March 2014 in “Clinical and experimental dermatology” Targeting the Wnt pathway might help treat hair loss.