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March 2018 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The gene Msx2 is crucial for hair follicle regeneration during wound healing.
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November 2018 in “EMBO Reports” The Ovol2-Zeb1 circuit is crucial for skin healing and hair growth by guiding cell movement and growth.
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July 2005 in “European Journal of Cell Biology” Terrestrial vertebrates have balanced keratin gene clusters, unlike teleost fish.
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September 2011 in “Cell stem cell” Hair follicle stem cells use specific chromatin changes to control their growth and differentiation.
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November 2017 in “General and comparative endocrinology” BMP2 and BMPR-IA may stop hair growth while Noggin may encourage it in yak skin.
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October 2012 in “The American Journal of Human Genetics” Mutations in the HOXC13 gene cause hair and nail development issues.
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April 1997 in “Experimental Dermatology” hHbl gene is active in hair shaft cells and some pilomatricomas.
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January 2011 in “ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania)” Notch signaling is crucial for specifying niche cells in Drosophila testis.
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January 1997 in “Horticultura: Revista de industria, distribución y socioeconomía hortícola: frutas, hortalizas, flores, plantas, árboles ornamentales y viveros” PRC2 is not essential for hair follicle stem cell maintenance or hair growth.
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January 2023 in “Science advances” The enzymes Tet2 and Tet3 are important for skin cell development and hair growth.
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October 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” Reducing FOXA2 in skin cells lowers their ability to grow hair.
November 2005 in “PubMed” The hairless gene in Kunming mice is important for hair and skin, and shows genetic variations.
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September 2006 in “Cell Cycle” The HR protein's role as a repressor is essential for controlling hair growth.