research Editorial: Animal fibers
Animal fibers are valued for being natural and eco-friendly, but face challenges like price volatility and a focus on meat over fiber.
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research Animal fibre: connecting science and production
Improving knowledge and practices in animal fibre production is crucial to meet market demands and potentially revive natural fibres.
research Luxury Hair Fibers for Fashion Industry
The industry should promote pure luxury hair fibers, improve technology, and diversify products to support growers and ensure sustainable use.
research Cultivation of Hair Matrix Cells from Cashmere Goat Skins and Exemplified Applications
Researchers found a way to grow cashmere goat hair cells in a lab and discovered that certain conditions improve these cells' growth and characteristics.
research Hair Follicles as Micro-Organs: MicroRNA-Mediated Control of Growth, Cycling, and Fiber Traits
MicroRNAs play a key role in controlling hair growth and quality in sheep and goats.
research Why Pashmina Goat Produces Long Hair-fiber and Barbari doesn’t: A Differential Gene Expression Study
Pashmina goats produce long hair-fiber due to specific gene expressions related to hair growth.
research Effects of melatonin administration to cashmere goats on cashmere production and hair follicle characteristics in two consecutive cashmere growth cycles
Melatonin treatment improved cashmere production in goats for one cycle without lasting effects on the next cycle.
research Melatonin promotes secondary hair follicle development of early postnatal cashmere goat and improves cashmere quantity and quality by enhancing antioxidant capacity and suppressing apoptosis
Melatonin improves cashmere goat hair growth and quality by increasing antioxidants and reducing cell death.
research Genome-wide association study for cashmere traits in Inner Mongolia cashmere goat population reveals new candidate genes and haplotypes
New genes and markers can help breed better cashmere goats.
research Integrative transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses reveal the role of melatonin in promoting secondary hair follicle development in cashmere goats
Melatonin improves cashmere quality and yield in goats by enhancing hair follicle development.
research Polymorphism of Exon V of prolactin gene and its association with Cashmere traits in Changthangi Pashmina goats
The prolactin gene polymorphism doesn't affect cashmere quality in these goats.
research Melatonin promotes Cashmere goat (Capra hircus) secondary hair follicle growth: a view from integrated analysis of long non-coding and coding RNAs
Melatonin helps Cashmere goat hair follicles grow by affecting stem cell signals and the surrounding microenvironment.
research Melatonin promotes Cashmere goat (Capra hircus) secondary hair follicle growth: a view from integrated analysis of long non-coding and coding RNAs
Melatonin helps Cashmere goats grow more hair by affecting genes and cell signals important for hair and blood vessel development.
research Melatonin promotes Cashmere goat (Capra hircus) secondary hair follicle growth: A view from integrated analysis of long non-coding and coding RNAs
Melatonin helps Cashmere goat hair follicles grow by affecting genes and cell signals important for their development and environment.
research Integrated analysis of coding genes and non-coding RNAs during hair follicle cycle of cashmere goat (Capra hircus)
The study improved understanding of gene roles in cashmere goat hair growth, aiding future cashmere production.
research An Integrated Analysis of Cashmere Fineness lncRNAs in Cashmere Goats
lncRNA XLOC_008679 and gene KRT35 affect cashmere fineness in goats.
research Effect of the FA2H Gene on cashmere fineness of Jiangnan cashmere goats based on transcriptome sequencing
The FA2H gene improves cashmere fineness by enhancing hair growth in goats.
research Genomic Inbreeding and Runs of Homozygosity Analysis of Cashmere Goat
Inner Mongolia cashmere goats have the lowest inbreeding, aiding future breeding and conservation.
research Supplementary Feeding of Grazing Inner Mongolian Cashmere Goats during Pregnancy—Based on “Nutrient Requirements of Cashmere Goats”
Supplementary feeding improves cashmere yield, goat weight, and kid birth weight.
research Multi-omics and AI-driven advances in miRNA-mediated hair follicle regulation in cashmere goats
MicroRNAs and AI can improve cashmere goat hair quality and aid in hair disorder diagnosis.
research GENOME-WIDE ANALYSIS REVEALS THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF GENETIC VARIATION OF IMPORTANT ECONOMIC TRAITS IN CASHMERE GOATS ON QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAU
Genetic analysis of Cashmere goats identified key genes for wool, reproduction, and high-altitude adaptation.
research Melatonin Promotes the Development of Secondary Hair Follicles in Adult Cashmere Goats by Activating the Keap1-Nrf2 Signaling Pathway and Inhibiting the Inflammatory Transcription Factors NFκB and AP-1
Melatonin improves cashmere goat hair quality by increasing follicles and reducing skin aging.
research Integrative skin phenotypic and transcriptomic analyses reveal candidate genes for coat color and fiber length in four Chinese goat breeds (Capra hircus)
Genes linked to coat color and fiber length in Chinese goats were identified.
research Correlation and regression analysis of the KRT27 and ELOVL4 genes in cashmere fineness and other production performances in Liaoning cashmere goats
Certain gene combinations improve cashmere quality and production in Liaoning goats.
research The molecular anatomy of cashmere goat hair follicle during cytodifferentiation stage
Understanding hair follicle development can help improve cashmere quality.
research LncRNAs in Secondary Hair Follicle of Cashmere Goat: Identification, Expression, and Their Regulatory Network in Wnt Signaling Pathway
Researchers found that certain RNA molecules might play a role in the growth of Cashmere goat hair.
research Knockdown of miR-361-5p promotes the induced activation of SHF-stem cells through FOXM1 mediated Wnt/β-catenin pathway in cashmere goats
Reducing miR-361-5p boosts hair growth in cashmere goats by activating stem cells.
research Molecular Regulation of Secondary Hair Follicle Stem Cell by S100a4 in Cashmere Goat
S100a4 is key for hair growth in cashmere goats.
research Generation of Tβ4 knock-in Cashmere goat using CRISPR/Cas9
Researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 to create a goat with a gene that increased cashmere production by 74.5% without affecting quality.
research Anomalous Fluorescence of White Hair Compared to Other Unpigmented Keratin Fibres
White hair has weaker tryptophan fluorescence than other unpigmented fibers, possibly due to UV exposure or unknown substances.