ArticleJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV2025
Retinoic acid drives hair follicle stem cell activation via Wnt/β-catenin signalling in androgenetic alopecia.
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- ACOD1 deficiency promotes DDX1 methylation-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction and dermal papilla cell senescence in androgenetic alopecia.BMC medicine · 2026Article
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- Th,-e mechanistic insights into the application of retinoids and possible adjunct therapeutic treatment to androgenic alopecia.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
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- Quercetin Nanocrystal Gel: A Novel Topical Therapeutic Strategy for Androgenetic Alopecia.Pharmaceutics · 2025Article
- UTX (KDM6A) promotes differentiation noncatalytically in somatic self-renewing epithelia.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Enhanced therapeutic effects of all-trans retinoic acid nanostructured lipid carrier composite gel drug delivery system for alopecia areata.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Article
- Tremella polysaccharide microneedles loaded with magnetic dental pulp stem cell intracellular vesicles used for androgenic alopecia.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
- Review
- Microneedle-Based Approaches for Skin Disease Treatment.Nano-micro letters · 2025Review
- Retinoic acid drives hair follicle stem cell activation via Wnt/β-catenin signalling in androgenetic alopecia.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundDepletion or permanent quiescence of the hair follicle stem cell (HFSC) pool underlies pathogenesis in androgenetic alopecia (AGA). Reactivation of quiescent HFSCs is considered an efficient treatment strategy for hair loss. The retinoic acid (RA) is critical to ensure stem cell homeostasis and function. However, little is known about whether RA regulates HFSC homeostasis. We aimed to investigate the impact of RA on HFSC homeostasis and the underlying mechanisms, in order to provide new potential targets for medical therapies of AGA.
methodsMicrodissected hair follicles from the occipital and frontal scalp in AGA were obtained for RNA sequencing analysis and test. The C57BL/6 mice model in telogen was established to investigate the effect of exogenous RA. Miniaturized hair follicles from frontal scalp were incubated with or without RA in hair follicle organ culture to test the effects on hair shaft elongation, hair cycling and HFSC activities. A strategy to characterize the effect of RA on HFSC in primary culture was developed to identify novel mechanisms that control HFSC activation. A clinical study was performed to test the efficacy of RA treatment in AGA patients.
resultsRA signalling was inhibited in the course of AGA pathogenesis along with HFSC dysfunction. Hair regeneration was retarded in AGA miniaturized hair follicles with RA deficiency, but they tended to recover after treatment with RA. In addition, RA treatment during the telogen phase facilitated HFSC anagen entry and accelerated hair growth. Mechanistically, RA promoted hair growth by stimulating stem cells via Wnt/β-catenin signalling and accelerating the transition from a dormant to an activated state. Furthermore, a clinical study suggested that RA has obvious advantages in the early intervention of AGA by reactivating HFSCs.
conclusionsOur study provides insights into the reactivation of HFSCs in AGA and provides potential targets for medical therapies.
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