3 citations
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January 2016 in “Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering” Laminaria japonica extract with IGF-1 improved mouse hair growth and could be a potential alopecia treatment.
1 citations
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October 2021 in “Gene, cell and tissue” Grape sap may help reduce hair loss and promote hair growth in rats.
April 2026 in “Dermatology and Therapy” Experts agree on understanding hair aging to improve diagnosis and treatments.
The study found that different genes are active in cashmere goats' hair growth stages, which can help improve cashmere production.
January 2025 in “Open Life Sciences” Overexpression of the HE4 gene in mice causes eye inflammation and cloudiness.
January 2021 in “Research Square (Research Square)” Rabbits with high wool production have more hair follicles, influenced by specific long noncoding RNAs.
February 2019 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” The gene Prss53 affects hair shape and bone development in rabbits.
10 citations
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November 2010 in “Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research” Only skin melanocytes, not other types, can color hair in mice.
4 citations
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November 2009 in “Medical Clinics of North America” Stress, nutritional issues, and chronic diseases can cause hair loss, and nail changes may signal internal diseases; treatment focuses on the underlying cause.
A TNFAIP3 gene mutation can cause unusual and varied symptoms of lupus and Sjogren's syndrome.
3 citations
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September 2022 in “Frontiers in veterinary science” Melatonin affects cashmere growth in goats by influencing stem cell and certain signaling pathways.
Hair follicles can be used to quickly assess drug effects in cancer treatment.
November 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” MOF controls skin development by regulating genes for mitochondria and cilia.
417 citations
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September 2005 in “PLoS biology” Understanding gene expression in hair follicles can reveal insights into hair growth and disorders.
202 citations
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August 2017 in “Nature cell biology” Lactate production is important for activating hair growth stem cells.
115 citations
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August 2008 in “The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism” Thyroid hormones help hair grow, reduce hair loss, and increase hair pigment.
71 citations
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May 2007 in “The FASEB journal” Human hair follicles produce and respond to erythropoietin, helping protect against stress.
65 citations
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November 2012 in “Tissue Engineering Part B-reviews” Hair follicle stem cells are a promising source for tissue repair and treating skin or hair diseases.
51 citations
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May 2019 in “Biomaterials” Researchers developed a method to grow hair follicles using special beads that could help with hair loss treatment.
41 citations
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September 2012 in “Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences” MicroRNAs play a crucial role in skin and hair health, affecting everything from growth to aging, and could potentially be used in treating skin diseases.
26 citations
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August 2019 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” PBX1 helps hair stem cells grow and change by turning on certain cell signals and preventing cell death, which may be useful for hair regrowth treatments.
10 citations
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August 2014 in “PLoS ONE” Hair follicles can help diagnose traumatic brain injury quickly and non-invasively.
8 citations
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March 2014 in “American Journal of Pathology” Damaged hair follicles make mice more prone to skin inflammation and skin cancer after UV exposure.
1 citations
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February 2013 in “InTech eBooks” Genetic mutations cause various hair diseases, and whole genome sequencing may reveal more about these conditions.
224 citations
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March 2006 in “Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” The document concludes that understanding hair follicle biology can lead to better hair loss treatments.
82 citations
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September 2018 in “Nature Communications” A certain smell receptor in hair follicles can affect hair growth when activated by a synthetic sandalwood scent.
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.
42 citations
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March 2006 in “Drug Discovery Today: Therapeutic Strategies” The conclusion is that we need more effective hair loss treatments than the current ones, and these could include new drugs, gene and stem cell therapy, hormones, and scalp cooling, but they all need thorough safety testing.
15 citations
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February 2015 in “Cell & tissue research/Cell and tissue research” P-cadherin is important for hair growth and health, and its problems can cause hair and skin disorders.
11 citations
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October 2016 in “Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy” Both human platelet lysate and minoxidil can promote hair growth, but they affect different genes and cell survival rates.