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December 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Stress can cause a type of hair loss in mice lacking the CCHCR1 gene.
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January 2019 in “Jikken doubutsu ihou/Jikken doubutsu/Experimental animals/Jikken Dobutsu” Pigs without the Hairless gene showed skin and thymus changes, useful for studying human hair disorders.
Suppressing ODC activity reduces tumor growth in hair follicles.
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January 2019 in “Aging” Lack of functional CYLD in mice leads to early aging and cancer.
May 2025 in “BMC Genomics” Circ 0020938 slows down hair growth in cashmere goats.
April 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Id2 gene helps keep hair follicle stem cells inactive.
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November 2012 in “Journal of the National Cancer Institute” The tumor suppressor gene FLCN affects mitochondrial function and energy use in cells.
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February 2008 in “The American journal of pathology” Controlled delivery of specific RNA and IL-4 restored hair growth in mice with autoimmune alopecia.
November 2025 in “FEBS Open Bio” JAK/STAT1 pathway causes hair loss during chemotherapy by reducing Shh in hair follicles.
June 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Scientists created cell lines to study a genetic skin disorder using CRISPR technology.
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October 2013 in “Molecular Biology of the Cell” The protein CCN2 controls hair growth by affecting hair follicle formation and stem cell activity in mice.
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June 2011 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Overexpressing 14-3-3σ in mice skin reduces cell growth and hair density.
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February 2016 in “Science Translational Medicine” The timing of when the gene Bmal1 is active affects aging and survival, with its absence during development, not adulthood, leading to premature aging.
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October 2021 in “Scientific Reports” NKIRAS2 can suppress certain skin tumors but its effect on cancer varies with context and expression level.
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March 2023 in “Lasers in Surgery and Medicine” Ablative fractional laser treatment nearly matches the gene reduction effects of topical vismodegib in skin cancer.
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October 2019 in “EMBO molecular medicine” Targeting NCoR1 can help treat heart enlargement and dysfunction.
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November 1998 in “Journal of dermatological science” Knocking out certain genes in mice helps understand skin and hair growth problems.
July 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” CRISPR/Cas9 and prime editing can potentially fix skin disorder genes safely and effectively.
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May 2023 in “Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research” BMI1 is essential for preventing hair greying and maintaining hair color.
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November 2021 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” PBX1 helps reduce aging and cell death in hair follicle stem cells by decreasing DNA damage, not by improving DNA repair.
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October 2020 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Removing β-catenin in certain stem cells causes hair whitening and pigmentation issues.
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June 2020 in “BMC genomics” A specific microRNA, chi-miR-30b-5p, slows down the growth of hair-related cells by affecting the CaMKIIδ gene in cashmere goats.
CRISPR gene editing reduces harmful molecules in cells from Emery–Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy patients.
September 2025 in “OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)” The treatments stopped hair regrowth in mice.
September 2025 in “Experimental & Molecular Medicine” Small molecules KY19382 and KY19334 may help treat skin cancer by reducing CDK1 levels and blocking harmful cell signals.
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November 2012 in “PloS one” The protein folliculin, involved in a rare disease, works with another protein to control how cells stick together and their organization, and changes in this interaction can lead to disease symptoms.
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November 2000 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The system allows precise control of gene expression in mouse skin, useful for studying skin biology.