87 citations
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February 2004 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery” Hair follicle stem cells helped heal a severe scalp burn without needing traditional skin grafts.
65 citations
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July 2006 in “Journal of biological chemistry/The Journal of biological chemistry” The gene Foxq1, controlled by Hoxc13, is crucial for hair follicle differentiation.
65 citations
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September 2004 in “The American journal of pathology” Blocking BMP signaling causes hair loss and disrupts hair growth cycles.
61 citations
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June 2018 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” Light can turn on hair growth cells through a nerve path starting in the eyes.
52 citations
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October 2012 in “Journal of Dermatological Science” The document concludes that mouse models are crucial for studying hair biology and that all mutant mice may have hair growth abnormalities that require detailed analysis to identify.
48 citations
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May 2008 in “Drug Discovery Today: Disease Mechanisms” Hair follicles offer promising targets for delivering drugs to treat hair and skin conditions.
47 citations
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April 2000 in “The American journal of pathology” Bcl-2 overexpression protects against UVB damage but worsens hair loss from chemotherapy.
37 citations
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September 2008 in “The American journal of surgical pathology” Hair follicle hyperplasia is common in both benign and malignant skin lymphoproliferative disorders, with a proposed new term "pseudolymphomatous adnexitis."
33 citations
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June 2017 in “Developmental Biology” Mice can correct hair follicle orientation without certain genes, but proper overall alignment needs those genes.
32 citations
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April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” STAT5 activation is crucial for starting the hair growth phase.
30 citations
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March 2017 in “ACS biomaterials science & engineering” Hair follicles are valuable for regenerative medicine and wound healing.
27 citations
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January 2006 in “Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces” Researchers found that bulge cells from human hair can grow quickly in culture and have properties of hair follicle stem cells, which could be useful for skin treatments.
22 citations
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May 2021 in “Nature Communications” Tissue stiffness affects hair follicle regeneration, and Twist1 is a key regulator.
19 citations
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June 2020 in “Animals” Poor maternal nutrition can lead to fewer wool follicles in Chinese Merino sheep.
19 citations
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October 2017 in “The FASEB Journal” Male hormones cause different growth in identical human hair follicles due to their unique epigenetic characteristics.
19 citations
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October 1996 in “Dermatologic Clinics” Dermal papilla cells are key for hair growth and could help us understand and treat hair loss.
19 citations
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March 1996 in “British Journal of Dermatology” Balding hair follicle cells are smaller, grow less well, and need more effort to culture than non-balding cells.
17 citations
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September 2019 in “Journal of Cell Biology” Hair follicle regeneration may slow tumor growth.
16 citations
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February 2019 in “Gene” Researchers found a good way to isolate hair follicle stem cells from newborn goats for further study.
15 citations
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January 2015 in “Skin Pharmacology and Physiology” Parathyroid hormones are important for hair growth, but their use in treating hair loss from chemotherapy is still uncertain.
14 citations
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April 2022 in “Functional & Integrative Genomics” Key molecular interactions were identified that help understand hair follicle development in cashmere goats.
14 citations
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January 2016 in “Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications” Ginsenoside Re from ginseng may help hair grow by blocking a specific growth-inhibiting pathway.
13 citations
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May 2022 in “Cell discovery” The study found new details about human hair growth and suggests that preventing a specific biological pathway could potentially treat hair graying.
13 citations
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September 2019 in “EBioMedicine” sPLA2-IIA increases growth in hair follicle stem cells and cancer cells, suggesting it could be targeted for hair growth and cancer treatment.
9 citations
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January 2015 in “Fundamental & clinical pharmacology” Cyclosporine A helps hair grow by blocking a process that would otherwise cause hair cells to die.
9 citations
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January 1992 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Sugar molecule helps hair growth, less in balding, returns with treatment.
7 citations
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January 2018 in “Journal of Tissue Viability” An 80-year-old patient grew new hair on a wound, showing that elderly people can still regenerate hair.
7 citations
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May 2010 in “JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” White hair follicles in vitiligo have fewer and less functional melanocytes.
6 citations
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September 2024 in “Frontiers in Physiology” Overexpression of R-spondin 3 leads to sparse hair and impaired hair regeneration.
6 citations
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February 2016 in “American Journal of Dermatopathology” The boy with woolly hair nevus had thinner hair and abnormal hair follicles, which improved with treatment but worsened when treatment stopped.