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August 2022 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” TSC2-/meth cells can cause skin lesions, hair growth, and lung issues, and may be treated with chromatin remodeling agents.
January 2020 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Certain genetic variants in ERN1, TACR3, and SPPL2C are linked to when Alzheimer's disease starts.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Researchers fixed gene mutations causing a skin disease in stem cells, which then improved skin grafts in mice.
July 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” A patient with a PLEC mutation has epidermolysis bullosa, muscular dystrophy, and myasthenia gravis, which improved with steroid treatment.
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August 2012 in “Psychoneuroendocrinology” Finasteride reduces certain behaviors caused by D1-like receptor agonists but not by D2-like receptor agonists in mice.
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April 1999 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Rodent models helped understand psoriasis but none perfectly replicated the disease.
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March 2000 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” Overexpressing GLI-1 in mice skin can cause tumors like human basal cell carcinomas.
July 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” OR101 may effectively treat atopic dermatitis and similar skin conditions.
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July 2007 in “Journal of cell science” Miz1 is essential for proper hair structure and growth.
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July 2015 in “Experimental Dermatology” Gasdermin A3 overexpression in skin causes inflammation and hair loss.
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March 2002 in “Molecular and cellular biology” Mutant CDP/Cux protein causes hair defects and reduced male fertility in mice.
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July 2019 in “Journal of Endocrinology” GTx-024 and Danazol affect the uterus like DHT, while GTx-007 has little impact.
The naked mutation in mice causes hair loss and helps identify keratin genes.
June 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Dopaminergic neurons in the gut have distinct subtypes, some releasing both dopamine and acetylcholine.
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June 2014 in “Neurobiology of Disease” The study suggests that motor neurons created from stem cells of patients with spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy show signs of the disease, including changes in protein levels and cell functions.
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January 2002 in “Laboratory Animals” Mutations in the hairless gene cause hair loss and skin cysts in rhesus macaques.
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June 2013 in “Biology of blood and marrow transplantation” Mice with human fetal thymic tissue and stem cells developed symptoms similar to chronic graft-versus-host disease.
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February 2010 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Slug (Snai2) helps regulate hair growth timing in mice.
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November 2019 in “The FASEB Journal” A mutation in the MAP2 gene causes reduced hair follicle density, leading to hairlessness.
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March 2008 in “Journal of Cell Science” The mutation causing Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome leads to severe skin problems and early death in mice.
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Different rat and mouse strains respond differently to stress and alcohol, which may help us understand similar human mechanisms.