December 2025 in “Nature Communications” Club-like receptors detect light touch but not whisking.
October 2021 in “Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)” FERONIA is crucial for plant growth, pollen tube reception, and sugar signaling.
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June 2015 in “Journal of anatomy” A compound named ZCZ90 can increase muscle spindle firing, potentially helping treat muscle spasms and hypertension.
April 2017 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” Double stranded RNA helps skin wounds heal by coordinating specific proteins and signaling pathways.
July 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” DS-2325a is safe and well-tolerated, supporting further development for Netherton Syndrome treatment.
April 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Double-stranded RNA activates a pathway that causes a skin protein to be expressed in the wrong place.
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October 2010 in “Progress in lipid research” LPA3 is crucial for embryo implantation and links LPA to prostaglandin signaling.
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March 2019 in “Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry” Neuronatin is found in specific cells within rat testis, hair follicles, tongue, and pancreas, suggesting it has various roles in tissue development and function.
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January 2008 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” Certain proteins and their receptors are more active during the growth phase of human hair and could be targeted to treat hair disorders.
January 2015 in “OpenBU/Boston University Institutional Repository (Boston University)” Neuropilin 2 may be a biomarker for melanoma and affects melanocyte behavior.
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November 2018 in “BMC plant biology” ROXY proteins help plants respond to nitrate shortage by affecting nutrient sensing and growth.
April 2024 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” A gene network led by RSL4 is crucial for early root hair growth in response to cold in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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August 2005 in “Anatomy and Embryology” Rat skin has a linear system of nerve fibers linked to hair follicles and muscles.
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June 2005 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” FP-1 is a key protein in rat hair growth, active only during the growth phase.
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April 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” RD26 controls root hair growth during drought by repressing key genes, helping plants save energy.
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June 2024 in “Frontiers in Plant Science” LLPS is crucial for RALF signaling, aiding plant growth and stress resilience.
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March 2022 in “Plant Cell & Environment” The protein AtRXR3 limits root hair growth in Arabidopsis, affecting phosphorus uptake.
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March 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Dynamic, light touch is sensed through a common mechanism involving Piezo2 channels in sensory axons.
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August 2014 in “PLoS ONE” GFRα2 is essential for controlling neuron size but not for target innervation in certain sensory neurons.
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November 1991 in “Brain Research” Aδ-LTMRs have complex synapses with glycine, while Aβ-LTMRs have simpler ones.
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July 2015 in “Journal of Anatomy” SLVs help maintain muscle stretch sensitivity and could aid in treating hypertension and muscle spasticity.
April 2019 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Non-coding RNA boosts retinoic acid production and signaling, aiding regeneration.
106 citations
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February 2014 in “eLife” Lanceolate complexes in mouse hair follicles are essential for touch and depend on specific cells for maintenance and regeneration.
October 2014 in “Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano)” A new type of nerve cell involved in itch perception was discovered.
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March 2004 in “Trends in Plant Science” NADPH oxidase and phospholipase D help root hairs grow by activating calcium channels.
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January 2011 in “ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania)” Notch signaling is crucial for specifying niche cells in Drosophila testis.
April 2023 in “Journal of clinical and translational science” 323 citations
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November 1984 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” 140 citations
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February 2014 in “Neuron” Delta opioid receptors help regulate touch sensation by reducing neurotransmitter release in the spinal cord.
October 2005 in “Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology (Print)” Hairless protein is key for hair growth, cell differences cause gene expression variation, and the N-end rule pathway senses nitric oxide for protein breakdown.