Light on baldness (alopecia) treatment, researchers identify proteins involved in ``whether bald''

Hair follicles are organelles in the skin that grow periodically and play an important role in hair growth. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified that a type of protein `` transforming growth factor β (TGB-β) '' is involved in both the division and death of this hair follicle. The research results have been published in academic journals and Biophysical Journals.

A probabilistic Boolean model on hair follicle cell fate regulation by TGF-β: Biophysical Journal

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https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/07/25/chemical-controlling-life-and-death-hair-follicles

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The research team conducted research focusing on the `` hair follicle '', which is the only human organ that regenerates regularly and automatically.

Studies have determined that TGF-β is involved in controlling hair follicle stem cell division and death. Even if the hair follicle self-destructs, the stem cells do not die, and when they receive the regeneration signal, they divide to create new cells and grow into new hair follicles.

According to paper co-author Qixuan Wang, TGF-β has two opposing roles: helping generate new life, while also helping orchestrate the process of cell death, apoptosis. That's what I'm talking about.

Wang said, ``In science fiction works, there are scenes where characters recover quickly from injuries with the power of stem cells, but in the real world, our research is getting closer to understanding the behavior of stem cells. By controlling it, we will be able to promote wound healing.'

If TGB-β can be controlled more accurately, it may be possible to promote hair growth by activating hair follicle stem cells, but this requires further research.