10 citations
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November 2008 in “Veterinary Dermatology” The mouse hairy ears mutation causes longer ear hair due to changes in gene expression.
91 citations
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July 2004 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” Overexpressing SSAT enzyme reduces prostate tumor growth in mice.
Ribonucleotide excision repair is crucial to prevent skin cancer.
April 2023 in “The Medical Journal of Australia” A five-year-old girl has a harmless, unchanging bald patch on her scalp.
7 citations
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July 2008 in “Experimental Dermatology” The study concluded that a protein important for hair strength is regulated by certain molecular processes and is affected by growth phases.
April 2018 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” A gene variant causes patched hair loss in mice, similar to alopecia areata in humans.
11 citations
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April 2012 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” A specific mutation in PA-PLA1α causes abnormal hair growth.
December 2020 in “TURKDERM” A 3-year-old boy was diagnosed with a rare, non-scarring hair loss condition called temporal triangular alopecia.
July 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” The early genes of a specific virus can cause abnormal skin cell growth and hair follicle changes.
24 citations
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January 2003 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Blocking a specific receptor slows down hair loss in mice.
11 citations
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February 1982 in “Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis” A new method can detect mutations in mice by observing changes in hair follicle cells.
6 citations
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January 2004 in “DNA Research” A mutation in the Sgkl gene causes defective hair growth in mice.
54 citations
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December 2011 in “American Journal Of Pathology” A Gsdma3 mutation causes hair loss due to stem cell damage from skin inflammation.
14 citations
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January 2010 in “Dermatology” Some people with congenital triangular alopecia have a central tuft of hair in the bald patch, but the cause is unknown.
97 citations
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March 2006 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Mutations in the DSG4 gene cause a severe form of brittle hair and skin issues.
139 citations
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September 2001 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” Mutations in the Vitamin D receptor gene can cause hair loss similar to mutations in the Hairless gene.
August 2012 in “Nature Cell Biology” A pathway helps maintain long telomeres in both stem and cancer cells.
July 2022 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” A specific mutation in Kras causes abnormal tissue changes by making a cell signal continuously active, which disrupts normal cell coordination.
November 2023 in “International surgery journal” A man's neck lump was a trichilemmal cyst, not cancer, and should be fully removed due to rare risk of becoming malignant.
2 citations
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January 2000 in “Journal of Toxicologic Pathology” A single recessive gene causes sparse hair in certain Japanese White rabbits.
10 citations
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January 2003 in “Dermatology” The E413K mutation in the hHb6 gene causes monilethrix, a hair disorder, but doesn't show consistent symptoms.
Ribonucleotide excision repair is crucial to prevent skin cancer.
2 citations
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February 2023 in “Transgenic Research” The E2 protein affects gene activity in hair follicles of mice.
PTHrP is important for bone formation and may be targeted for osteoporosis treatment and longevity therapies.
31 citations
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November 2015 in “PloS one” Reducing Tyrosinase prevents mature color pigment cells from forming in mouse hair.
A rare genetic mutation causes severe immune issues, hair loss, and nail problems.
May 2018 in “European Journal of Dermatology” The first Japanese family with Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis showed hair condition improvement in a child and highlighted the risk of misdiagnosis.
1 citations
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September 2023 in “Frontiers in Genetics” A heterozygous mutation in HTRA1 can cause severe CARASIL symptoms.
13 citations
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June 2012 in “European journal of medical genetics” Identical twins had different symptoms because one had more cells with an extra chromosome fragment in different tissues.
19 citations
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February 2001 in “Journal of paediatrics and child health” A new mutation in the mitochondrial DNA was found in a boy with MELAS, even though his family didn't show typical signs.