ReviewPediatric dermatology2025
Pathophysiology of Alopecia Areata in the Pediatric Patient.
Review in Pediatric dermatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Comparative Efficacy of Janus Kinase Inhibitors Indicated for Severe Alopecia Areata: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis and Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison.The Journal of dermatology · 2026Pooled it
- The Possible Role of Antibodies in Alopecia: A Narrative Review.Antibodies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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4 authors.
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Abstract
Alopecia areata (AA) is an autoimmune non-scarring hair loss that arises in genetically susceptible individuals, potentially in combination with environmental triggers or inciting events, of which the exact mechanism is not yet fully understood. Genome wide association studies have demonstrated an association between AA and variants in HLA haplotypes on chromosome 6 which correlate with other autoimmune conditions as well as other gene variants. Familial and twin studies also confer additional evidence to a genetic component. AA pathogenesis relies on immune privilege collapse at the hair follicle (HF) bulb in the anagen hair cycle phase. Immune privilege collapse is associated with upregulation of IFN-γ, ultimately activating JAK-STAT pathway resulting in upregulation of MHC class I and II in the HF and subjecting it to attack by NKG2D
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