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December 2014 in “Stem Cells” Hair and skin can regenerate without bulge stem cells due to other compensating cells.
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August 2021 in “Biological Chemistry” ECM-inspired wound dressings can help heal chronic wounds by controlling macrophage activity.
8 citations
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November 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” Certain genes are more active in baby scalp cells and can help grow hair when added to adult mouse skin cells.
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January 2023 in “Frontiers in cell and developmental biology” Celsr1 is crucial for skin cell alignment, while Celsr2 has little effect on this process.
7 citations
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May 2020 in “Trends in molecular medicine” The document concludes that the immune-inhibitory environment of the hair follicle may prevent melanoma development.
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October 2022 in “Journal of cell science” Keratin genes change gradually during skin cell development and should be used carefully as biomarkers.
4 citations
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August 2023 in “Nature Communications” Mouse zigzag hair bends form due to a 3-day cycle of changes in hair progenitors and their environment.
2 citations
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August 2023 in “Development” Hair follicles in the back of the rosette fancy mouse have reversed orientations due to a gene mutation.
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May 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Stem cells help remove dead cells to keep tissues healthy by balancing cell replacement and clearance.
2 citations
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January 2023 in “International journal of biological sciences” Gray hair can potentially be reversed, leading to new treatments.
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March 2021 in “Molecular Immunology” Dermal macrophages might help regrow hair.
1 citations
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August 2023 in “Nature communications” Hdac1 and Hdac2 help maintain and protect the cells that control hair growth.
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July 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Keratin gene expression helps understand different types of skin cells and their development, and should be used carefully as biological markers.
1 citations
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September 2015 in “Elsevier eBooks” SOX2 is crucial for skin cell function and hair growth, and it plays a role in skin cancer and wound healing.
June 2026 in “Research Square” THBS4 helps hair grow by activating hair follicle stem cells.
May 2026 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” Collagen networks play a key role in hair loss and follicle miniaturization.
May 2026 in “The EMBO Journal” Skin aging can be slowed by targeting cells, hormones, and the microbiome.
December 2025 in “EMBO Reports” Cells communicate with neighbors to coordinate their development.
December 2025 in “npj Systems Biology and Applications” Cold temperatures can stop human cell circadian rhythms, but warming restores them.
The skin can still regenerate and function well even with fewer fibroblasts.
Hair growth is maintained by specific cell signals.
April 2024 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” GRK2 is essential for healthy hair follicle function, and its absence can lead to hair loss and cysts.
January 2024 in “Theranostics” HDAC6 helps keep ovarian follicles dormant, extending female fertility.
October 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Immune cells are essential for early hair and skin development and healing.
August 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Too much β-catenin activity can mess up the development of mammary glands and make them more like hair follicles.
July 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” The mesenchyme can start hair growth, but the exact signal that causes this is still unknown.
March 2023 in “Scientific reports” Hair growth-related cells need the enzyme SCD1 to help maintain the area that supports hair growth.
December 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” MicroRNA-205 helps hair grow by changing the stiffness and contraction of hair follicle cells.
June 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” The gene Tfap2b is essential for creating a type of stem cell in zebrafish that can become different pigment cells.
September 2020 in “Kocatepe Veterinary Journal” Equine adipose stem cells can become different cell types and are promising for healing injuries.