May 2025 in “Clinical Proteomics” Key proteins and potential drugs for treating alopecia areata were identified.
February 2025 in “BMC Genomics” Melatonin improves cashmere quality and yield in goats by enhancing hair follicle development.
January 2025 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” Hox proteins help maintain keratinocyte identity by regulating miRNA expression.
The trial aims to understand how obesity and lifestyle affect circadian rhythms in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
February 2024 in “International journal of molecular sciences” UV exposure reduced hair shine in mice, but minoxidil helped restore it.
November 2023 in “BMC genomics” The study concluded that the arachidonic acid pathway and the protein KRT79 play a role in determining the fineness of cashmere.
October 2023 in “International journal of molecular sciences” Key proteins and pathways regulate wool fiber diameter in Alpine Merino sheep.
The research identified key molecules that help hair matrix and dermal papilla cells communicate and influence hair growth in cashmere goats.
June 2023 in “Frontiers in Medicine” Protein tyrosine kinases are key in male pattern baldness, affecting skin structure, hair growth, and immune responses.
September 2022 in “Canadian journal of animal science” Certain gene variations are linked to the thickness of cashmere goat hair.
May 2018 in “Cell stem cell” Myoepithelial cells can repair airways after severe injury.
November 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The study identified key immune cell differences between mild and severe alopecia areata.
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July 2023 in “Frontiers in Aging” Hair follicle stem cells change states with age, affecting hair growth and aging.
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May 2022 in “Cell discovery” The study found new details about human hair growth and suggests that preventing a specific biological pathway could potentially treat hair graying.
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April 2013 in “PloS one” The study found key genes and pathways involved in cashmere goat hair growth stages.
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May 2019 in “Genome Biology” Researchers found that certain RNA circles in the brain are linked to disease risk, but their exact role in disease is still unknown.
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November 2022 in “Protein & Cell” Quercetin significantly helps hair growth by activating hair follicles and improving blood vessel formation around them.
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April 2019 in “Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry” Ten miRNAs may play key roles in starting secondary hair follicle development in sheep foetuses.
June 2026 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” Dermal papilla cells are key to fine wool growth in sheep.
May 2025 in “Journal of Inflammation Research” Natural killer and CD8+ T cells play a key role in hair loss in androgenetic alopecia.
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.
April 2016 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” M2 macrophages help hair regrowth in wounds by making growth factors.
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October 2008 in “Nature Genetics” Lgr5 is a marker for active, long-lasting stem cells in mouse hair follicles.
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December 1998 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Apoptosis in hair follicles varies by growth phase, with TGF-β possibly starting the catagen phase.
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December 2021 in “BMC Veterinary Research” Certain genes in Iranian sheep are linked to wool production and heat adaptation.
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February 2019 in “Experimental Dermatology” Spiny mice are better at regenerating hair after injury than laboratory mice and could help us understand how to improve human skin repair.
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August 2014 in “Journal of experimental botany” A gene in Arabidopsis thaliana, AtPRPL1, affects root hair length but not cell wall composition.
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December 2020 in “PloS one” Researchers found WNT10A to be a key gene in developing goat hair follicles.
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June 2022 in “BMC genomics” Key genes crucial for sheep hair follicle development were identified, aiding fine wool breeding and human hair loss research.
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October 2023 in “BMC Genomics” Noncoding RNAs help determine cashmere quality in goats.