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April 2001 in “Current Biology” c-Myc activation in mouse skin increases sebaceous gland growth and affects hair follicle development.
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September 2013 in “The Journal of Dermatology” An 8-year-old girl developed a rare skin condition in a linear pattern on one side of her body after a lung infection, which improved with treatment.
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December 2013 in “PLoS ONE” β1 integrin is essential for the survival, growth, and movement of human epithelial progenitor cells.
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July 1994 in “Journal of Cell Science” Immortalized rat dermal papilla cells can still induce hair growth.
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April 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” The new method found new shared genetic areas linked to both Type 2 Diabetes and Prostate Cancer.
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June 2010 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” New cells are added to the hair's dermal papilla during the active growth phase.
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April 2016 in “Journal of lipid research” Lipin-1 is important for skin cell differentiation and skin barrier function.
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May 2013 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” Hair grows faster in the morning and is more vulnerable to damage from radiation due to the internal clock in hair follicle cells.
October 2009 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” Researchers developed a method to label and study human hair follicle stem cells using a fluorescent protein.
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January 2003 in “American Journal of Pathology” A protein called CBP is found in prostate cancer and can increase the effectiveness of certain prostate cancer treatments.
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September 2003 in “Experimental Dermatology” PDGF signaling may play a role in hair growth cycle regulation.
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September 2010 in “Cancer Prevention Research” Overactive signaling in hair follicles can lead to skin cancer.
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May 2005 in “Stem Cells” Mouse skin has special cells in the epidermis that decrease with age and are linked to keratinocyte stem cells.
January 2025 in “Cellular and Molecular Biology” The PIP5K1A gene helps cashmere growth in goats by promoting cell proliferation, and melatonin boosts its expression.
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May 2002 in “The American journal of pathology” Cathepsin L is essential for normal hair growth and development.
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September 2012 in “Cell & tissue research/Cell and tissue research” pCLCA2 protein may help maintain skin structure and function.
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June 2014 in “Molecular therapy” The lentiviral array can monitor and predict gene activity during stem cell differentiation.
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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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December 2013 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” 5 citations
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July 2024 in “Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology” ICP5249 helps hair grow by activating a specific cell pathway.
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March 2007 in “BioTechniques” PCR genotyping in cre-loxP mice can be inaccurate due to unintended gene deletions in non-target tissues.
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February 2022 in “The Journal of clinical investigation/The journal of clinical investigation” Scientists made a mouse model of a serious skin cancer by changing skin cells with a virus and a specific gene, which is similar to the disease in humans.
January 2017 in “Enlighten: Publications (The University of Glasgow)” Activating β-catenin and inactivating PTEN cause follicular tumors, not papillomas, similar to those in Cowden’s Disease.
February 2023 in “Scientific Reports” Cold Atmospheric Microwave Plasma (CAMP) helps hair cells grow and could potentially treat hair loss.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” PTEN was identified as a specific marker for the skin disease cutaneous lupus erythematosus, and it helps increase the expression of harmful type I interferons.
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June 2022 in “Scientific Reports” LGR5 is a common marker of hair follicle stem cells in different animals and is important for hair growth and regeneration.