1 citations
,
January 2023 in “Biochemical and biophysical research communications” Keratin 79 is linked to liver damage and may help diagnose liver diseases.
57 citations
,
January 1987 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” Different keratins have unique expression patterns in mouse skin cells.
39 citations
,
February 1990 in “The journal of cell biology/The Journal of cell biology” Trichohyalin, a hair follicle protein, has a part with repeating patterns of 23 amino acids.
32 citations
,
November 1998 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” Mouse and human keratin 16 can both form filaments, with differences likely due to the tail domain, not the helical domain.
20 citations
,
October 1995 in “Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression” hHb1, hHb3, and hHb6 mRNAs start expressing at the same time in hair follicles.
6 citations
,
March 2014 in “Livestock science” Researchers created a genetic library from a cashmere goat's skin and found new genes linked to hair growth.
1 citations
,
October 1988 in “Clinics in Dermatology” Scientists identified and cloned specific keratin proteins in mouse hair.
November 2005 in “PubMed” The hairless gene in Kunming mice is important for hair and skin, and shows genetic variations.
124 citations
,
November 2000 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” PAD3 plays a key role in hair and skin protein structure and may be linked to skin diseases.
March 1998 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” Keratin-associated proteins may have roles in various mouse tissues, not just hair.
41 citations
,
December 1988 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
6 citations
,
May 2020 in “Scientific reports” Researchers identified genes and proteins that may influence wool thickness in sheep.
61 citations
,
February 1997 in “Differentiation” Hair differentiation starts earlier than thought, involving multiple type-II keratins.
52 citations
,
October 1995 in “Experimental Cell Research” Human hair keratin genes hHa2 and hHb1 are located on chromosomes 17 and 12.
50 citations
,
June 1993 in “European journal of biochemistry” Intermediate filaments are crucial for cell structure and function, regulated by specific genes and proteins.
47 citations
,
June 1994 in “Experimental Cell Research” mHa2 and mHa3 keratins have different structures and roles in mouse hair and tongue tissues.
42 citations
,
May 1997 in “The Journal of Biochemistry” PAD type III enzyme is specific to rat skin and hair follicles.
18 citations
,
February 1992 in “Molecular Biology Reports” A specific type II hair keratin was identified and found in hair cortex and tongue cells.
14 citations
,
October 2000 in “Genomics” Rat dermal papilla cells have unique genes crucial for hair growth.
7 citations
,
January 2016 in “Laboratory Investigation” TR3 is mainly found in hair follicle stem cells and may be involved in hair loss.
6 citations
,
February 2013 in “Journal of Visualized Experiments” The method quickly analyzes hair growth genes and shows that blocking Smo in skin cells stops hair growth.
3 citations
,
December 2008 in “Frontiers of Agriculture in China” The Cashmere goat hair keratin gene is crucial for hair structure.
1 citations
,
August 2014 in “Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences” Recombinant goat VEGF164 speeds up hair growth in mice.
1 citations
,
January 2012 The CRABP I gene in cashmere goats is highly conserved but has unique features at specific amino sites.
October 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Hair follicles can be kept in RNAlater® at cool or room temperature for a week without harming RNA quality.
January 2011 in “Anhui nongye kexue” The vector successfully directed specific gene expression in hair follicles.
August 2024 in “STAR Protocols” The document provides a detailed method for analyzing gene expression in skin samples with hair follicles.
The goat hair keratin gene is very similar to sheep's and is strongly expressed in goat hair follicles.
January 1992 in “Juntendo Medical Journal” Male pattern baldness is mainly caused by a hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and drugs that can block this hormone might help prevent hair loss.
28 citations
,
March 2010 in “Histochemistry and cell biology” Skin cells can help create early hair-like structures in lab cultures.