• 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 and all-trans retinoic acid synergistically enhance expression of Wnt10b and alkali phosphatase in human dermal papilla cells via vitamin D receptor pathway
• A comparative perspective on hair biology
• A novel monilethrix mutation in the in Coil 2 of K86 causing autosomal dominant monilethrix with incomplete penetrance
• A novel mutation in the human hairless transcript gene in a family with Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis
• A prostaglandin F_2α analogue, bimatoprost, used for glaucoma stimulates scalp hair follicle growth in organ culture; is this a new approach for alopecia therapy?
• A scan for genetic determinants of human hair morphology with genome-wide SNP database: Association of a nonsynonymous SNP in EDAR with Asian hair thickness and its evolution
• A sporadic case of woolly hair and review of the literature
• Annotation of ovine keratin intermediate filament genes and their expression in wool follicles
• Apparent Apocrine Anlage Appear Within The Stage 3 Human Follicle But Regress Shortly Thereafter
• Application of powerful new redox proteomic tools to characterising and controlling protein damage
• Automated digital image analysis (Trichoscan®) – Ease versus Errors?
• Canine bulge cells share intrinsic properties with human bulge cells and provide a novel model for human hair follicle stem cell research
• Catalase Expression and Activity in Hair Follicle Melanocytes is Age-Related
• Central Hair Loss in African American Women
• Characterization of Japanese curved human hair 2. Microstructure of curved hair fiber
• Common variants in the Trichohyalin gene are associated with straight hair in Europeans
• Comparison of Scalp Imaging Techniques
• Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of 5% Garlic Gel and Clobetasol propionate ointment in the Treatment of Alopecia Areata: An Investigator-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
• Congenital generalized hypertrichosis is a genomic disorder
• De novo sequencing of keratin gene clusters in sheep
• Deficiency in nucleotide excision repair (NER) family gene activity is associated with non-pigmented hair fiber growth
• Differential expression analysis of balding and non-balding dermal papilla miRNAs in Male Pattern Baldness with mRAP method
• Early Alopecia Areata is associated with Damage of the Permanent Follicle and Upper Dermis Mast Cell and T Cell Infiltration
• Effect of Dutasteride on Male Pattern Baldness: Phase III Clinical Trial
• Epidemiologic study of Malassezia yeasts in seborrheic dermatitis patients by the analysis of 26S rDNA PCR-RFLP
• Epigenetic organ regeneration: Development of a model using amputated mouse vibrissae follicles
• Estrogen differentially regulates the expression of retinoic acid synthesis enzymes and binding proteins in the cycling hair follicle
• Evaluation of angiotensin receptor functions in hair follicle cells
• Expression of p16INK4a in balding scalp hair follicles suggests an increased susceptibility to premature senescence and a possible mechanism of androgenetic alopecia
• Forensic Investigation of Naturally Occurring Human Hair-Keratin Fibres using FTIR-ATR Spectroscopy aided by Chemometrics
• Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Similarities and Distinct Differences between Lymphocytic and Neutrophilic Cicatricial Alopecias
• Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells by reprogramming human dermal papilla cells
• Hair Loss in African American Women: The Cleveland Clinic’s Experience from 1999 to 2009
• Hair mineral analysis in the hair disorder: experience with two patients of segmented heterochromia of scalp(SHS)
• Hair transplantation in patients with scarring alopecia
• Hormonal regulation of human hair follicle epithelial stem cell functions in situ and in vitro
• Identification of Risk factors in the Development of Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia in African American Women
• Interleukin-6 secreted from balding dermal papilla cells causes apoptosis in follicular kerationcytes and regulates hair cycling in mice
• Intermediate hair follicles: a novel, more clinically relevant, androgen-responsive human model for hair growth investigations
• Iron Deficiency in Female Pattern Hair Loss, Chronic Telogen Effluvium and Control Groups
• Keratin 74 is a novel determinant of human hair texture and is mutated in autosomal dominant woolly hair
• Measuring Hair Structure by Protein Loss and Understanding the Role of Protein Integrity on Hair Damage
• Modulation of hair growth markers in the hair follicle
• Molecular characterization of perifollicular adipogenesis during mouse skin development
• Molecular mechanism of TGF-β1 promoter activation by androgen in balding dermal papilla cells
• Multipotent nestin-positive hair follicle pluripotent stem (hfPS) cells can promote regeneration of impinged severed peripheral-nerve injury
• Mutations in sterol O-acyltransferase 1 (Soat1) results in hair interior defects in AKR/J mice
• Optimization of cell construct grafting procedure for hair regeneration therapy
• Palmitoylation regulates epidermal homeostasis and hair follicle differentiation
• PPAR binding protein is involved in signaling for quiescence of hair follicle stem cells
• Reduced expression of Vitamin D receptor (VDR) related to alopecia universalis by Wnt/b-catenin signaling pathway
• Role of Estrogen Receptors in the Modulation of Hair Growth
• Senescence of male balding dermal papilla cells is associated with oxidative stress
• Significant increase of MAGE3 specific-CTLs in alopecia areata patients
• Spreading hair loss in alopecia areata: the domino effect
• Suppression of DNA degradation by inactivation of DNase1L2 leads to increased fragility of hair
• The Cortical Architecture of Human Hair
• The hair cuticle and cornified membranes: Some knowns and unknowns
• The hair follicle, a bistable biological system
• The hair growth promoting effects of adiponectin in vitro
• The use of hair and skin examination in the diagnosis of Chediak-Higashi Syndrome: Report of a case
• TNF-alpha induced scarring psoriatic alopecia mimicking lichen planopilaris: a clinical-pathological-dermoscopic case correlation
• Tufted hair folliculitis in a child with hypomelanosis of Ito
• Two chronobiological systems meet: Clock genes modulate cyclic organ regeneration of the human hair follicle
• Unraveling the mysteries of alopecia areata using mouse models
• Vitamin D receptor depletion by Wnt/beta-catenin signaling caused alopecia areata in human

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