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December 2025 in “Scientific Reports” A machine learning model can predict alopecia areata early using specific gene markers.
Understanding hair follicle signaling can improve hair disorder treatments.
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Meis2 is essential for touch sensation and nerve function in mice.
Meis2 is essential for touch sensation and proper nerve connection to touch receptors in certain skin areas of mice.
The transcription factor Meis2 is essential for touch sensation and proper nerve development in touch receptors.
Sensory neurons and Merkel cells remodel at different rates during normal skin maintenance.
Sensory neuron and Merkel cell changes in the skin happen independently during normal skin maintenance.
Sensory neuron remodeling and Merkel-cell changes in the skin happen independently.
Sensory neuron and Merkel-cell changes in the skin happen independently during normal skin maintenance.