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July 2011 in “Scientific Reports” Changes in the HR gene have influenced hair growth and may lead to hair loss conditions in humans.
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July 1992 in “Clinics in Dermatology” Scalp reduction surgery can effectively treat male pattern baldness when tailored to the patient and performed with care to minimize complications.
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January 2017 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” Astrotactin-2 is cleaved in a specific way that helps understand its maturation.
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March 2004 in “Mammalian genome” KAP genes are crucial for hair development and show both shared and unique traits in humans, chimpanzees, and baboons.
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March 2021 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Lipases, especially gehB, are crucial for Staphylococcus aureus to enter and colonize hair follicles.
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January 2020 in “Scientific Reports” Rabbit skin analysis showed changes in hair growth and identified miRNAs that may regulate hair follicle development.
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January 2015 in “Biochemical Society Transactions” The Ysc84/SH3yl1 protein family is important for cell movement and the process of taking in materials by interacting with actin and cell membranes.
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July 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” BLMP-1 is important for regular molting and gene expression cycles in worms.
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October 2010 in “Epilepsy Currents” Altered metabolism can help control seizures by changing brain signaling and energy use, suggesting new treatments for epilepsy.
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January 2024 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” The research created a detailed map of skin cells, showing that certain cells in basal cell carcinoma may come from hair follicles and could help the cancer grow.
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August 2024 in “Journal of Morphology” Mammary glands evolved from hair organs in Monodelphis domestica.
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August 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” The research created a detailed map of skin cells, showing that certain cells in basal cell carcinoma may come from hair follicles and could help the cancer grow.
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January 2021 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” FLCN helps control iron levels in cells.
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January 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” The research mapped out the cell types and molecular processes involved in developing Cashmere goat hair follicles.
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October 2000 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The Thr1022Ala variant in the hairless gene is not a disease-causing mutation.
June 2026 in “Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)” FGFs have evolved differently across species, affecting skin and wound healing.
April 2026 in “Nature Communications” Aged corneal cells can revert to a stem-like state to help repair tissue.
April 2026 in “Experimental & Molecular Medicine” Mouse and human skin development share similar fibroblast timelines.
April 2026 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Different expansin genes affect root hair growth in plants due to their diverse functions and evolutionary changes.
January 2026 in “BIO Web of Conferences” FGFs have evolved differently across species, affecting skin functions and wound healing.
October 2025 in “Cell Reports” Regulatory T cells help hair growth by using the Cxcr4-Cxcl12 pathway.
September 2025 in “Journal of Medicinal Chemistry” AR-27 E-Chol siRNA can effectively regrow hair by reducing androgen receptor gene activity.
November 2023 in “Scientific reports” The research identified and described a gene important for hormone conversion in endangered catfish, which varies in activity during different reproductive stages and after hormone treatment.
July 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Chitosan slows root hair growth and causes a buildup of callose at low concentrations, but at high concentrations, it only inhibits growth without callose buildup.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The research shows that skin cancer likely originates from hair follicles and that certain cell populations expand to promote skin cancer growth.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Human TMEM2 does not break down hyaluronan but helps control its metabolism.
July 2022 in “Research Square (Research Square)” Hair analysis can somewhat track past testosterone levels but is influenced by factors like hair washing, growth rate, sex, and hair color.
March 2020 in “Research Square (Research Square)” Different long non-coding RNAs in yaks change during hair growth cycles and are involved in key growth pathways.
January 2017 in “Journal of Chemical Biological and Physical Sciences” Human hair keratin genes have unique simple sequence repeats that may help track genetic variations.
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