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ReviewBiomolecules2025

The Skin Microenvironment: A Dynamic Regulator of Hair Follicle Development, Cycling and Disease.

Weiguo Song, Mingli Peng, Qiqi Ma, Xiaoyu Han, Chunyan Gao, Wenqi Zhang, Dongjun Liu

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Weiguo SongState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, 235 West University Road, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0009-0008-2963-7458
Mingli PengState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, 235 West University Road, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0009-0002-8785-3817
Qiqi MaState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, 235 West University Road, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0009-0008-5205-8614
Xiaoyu HanState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, 235 West University Road, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2615-780X
Chunyan GaoState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, 235 West University Road, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0009-0005-7355-4797
Wenqi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, 235 West University Road, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0009-0009-0105-9681
Dongjun LiuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, 235 West University Road, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3201-0559

Funding

the National Natural Science Foundation of China U23A20226the Postgraduate Research and Innovation Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China KC2024012Bthe Science and Technology Plan Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China 2023KYPT0014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As essential skin appendages, hair follicles exhibit complex developmental and regenerative processes shaped by the skin microenvironment. Imbalances in skin microenvironmental homeostasis are often accompanied by follicle miniaturization and even hair loss. In studying the mechanisms of hair follicle development, in addition to focusing on the self-regulation of intrinsic signaling within the follicle, it is also crucial to examine the remodeling of the follicular microenvironment triggered by dynamic changes in the skin microenvironment. Herein, we review the individual and combined roles of various cells, tissues, signaling molecules, and metabolic alterations within the skin microenvironment in hair follicle development. Moreover, we summarize the potential applications of the skin microenvironment in treating hair-related diseases, highlight the existing challenges and limitations in the research field, and provide perspectives on future research directions, aiming to elucidate the critical role of the skin microenvironment in regulating hair follicle development.

Indexed as

Cellular MicroenvironmentHair FollicleSkinAnimalsHumansSignal Transductionhair folliclehair follicle miniaturizationimmune privilegeintercellular communicationmetabolic reprogrammingskin microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID41008641
PMCPMC12467127

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