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ArticleScientific reports2025

The role of lipids in promoting hair growth through HIF-1 signaling pathway.

Jieun Seo, Kotone Matsumoto, Ayaka Nanmo, Shan Tu, Do-Won Jeong, Yang-Sook Chun, Lei Yan, Tatsuto Kageyama, Junji Fukuda

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Jieun Seo *Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan.
Kotone Matsumoto *Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan.
Ayaka NanmoFaculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan.
Shan TuFaculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan.
Do-Won JeongDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Yang-Sook ChunDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
Lei YanFaculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan.
Tatsuto KageyamaFaculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan.
Junji FukudaFaculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, Japan. fukuda@ynu.ac.jp.

Funding

Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology 23811701Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 23K13608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the underlying mechanisms regulating hair regeneration is crucial, especially given the increasing demand for effective drugs to treat hair loss, which remain not fully elucidated. In the present study, we found that lipid metabolism was attenuated in the scalp tissues of patients with androgenetic alopecia. Lipid supplementation in the culture medium upregulated hair growth-related genes and promoted the proliferation of human dermal papilla cells (DPCs). By using RNA-sequencing analysis and HIF-1α knockdown in DPCs, we found that HIF-1α is a potential candidate that governs lipid-reinforced upregulation of trichogenic genes. Finally, we assessed the hair growth-promoting effects of lipids using in vitro hair follicle organoids and found that lipids accelerated the elongation of hair-shaft-like structures. Our results highlight the importance of lipids in promoting hair growth through HIF-1 signaling, suggesting that this may be a promising target for the treatment of hair loss.

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AlopeciaHairHair FollicleHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitLipid MetabolismLipidsSignal TransductionCell ProliferationCells, CulturedHumansMaleScalpHIF1A protein, humanHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitLipidsDermal papilla cellsHair follicle organoidsHair growthHIF-1αLipids

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