• Korea Journal of Cosmetic Science
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2019

Caffeine is widely used in cosmetics and hair care products. Although its efficacy in stimulating hair growth has been confirmed in recent studies, its mechanism of action remains unelucidated. The present study aimed to determine the effects of caffeine on hair growth, with a focus on intracellular hair follicle activity. Experiments included in vitro and ex vivo tests, and a clinical study. Caffeine enhanced the cellular activity and potassium channel opening. It also promoted human hair follicle elongation. Immunohistochemical staining showed that the Ki-67 signal was significantly higher in cells treated with caffeine. These efficacies of caffeine were comprehensively demonstrated in clinical results, wherein caffeine-containing shampoo improved hair density after 24 weeks of testing. Collectively, the results of this study demonstrated that caffeine promoted hair growth and inhibited the progression of hair loss by enhancing intracellular activity of hair follicles.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제24권1E호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2005

The inner hair cell stereocilia of the guinea pig cochlea was examined under a scanning electron microscope (SEM) after loud tone exposure onto the ear drum of the animal. Before and after guinea pigs were exposed to intensive and continuous tone such as 106 dB SPL in intensity, the functioning of the cochlea was monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. The structural damage of the stereocilia of inner hair cells (IHCs) and outer hair cells (OHCs) was examined using the SEM in x 1500 magnification. The comparison between the functional change of the cochlea and the structural damage of the IHC stereocilia is done by means of photographic observation. It can be shown that the functional change might be related to the structural damage of the IHC stereocilia after intensive acoustic trauma.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2021

Objective : As more and more people are interested in appearance in modern society, the increasing number of hair loss population can have an important impact on psychological and social problems such as depression and inappropriate interpersonal symptoms. Therefore, much research is being done on treatments for alopecia using herbal extracts with relatively few side effects. This study was investigated about the effect of Achyranthis Radix (AR) extract with ethanol solvent on hair growth. Methods : We determined the promoting efficacy of AR-ethanol extract compared with minoxidil (MNXD) on the growth of human hair dermal papilla cells (HDPCs). Cell viability was measured by MTT assay and cell proliferation was confirmed by cell cycle analysis from flow cytometry in HDPCs. Also, we monitored the safe concentration range through MTT assay. And protein expression of hair growth-related genes (insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), Wnt3a, Protein kinase B (Akt), Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk)) was monitored by western blot. Results : On cell cycle analysis, the G2/M phase was higher than that of the DW group in AR ethanol extract group at 0.05 and 0.1 mg/㎖. All protein expression levels of HDPCs were increased in AR ethanol extract groups and the MNXD group, compared to the DW group, respectively. Conclusion : As mentioned above, AR extract increased cell proliferation and the protein expression of IGF-1, Wnt3a, Akt, Erk in HDPCs. These results suggest that AR ethanol extract has promoted hair growth and it might be potential hair growth supplement.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.176-179
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• 2020

Pilomatricoma is a benign tumor arising from the primitive basal cells of the epidermis that differentiate into hair matrix cells. Mutations in the CTNNB1 gene, which encodes β-catenin (a protein involved in hair growth), play an etiological role in the development of pilomatricoma. A 34-year-old woman presenting with a mass in the right parotid region underwent an excisional biopsy. The mass was conclusively diagnosed as pilomatricoma. During pregnancy, the mass grew from 1 cm to 5 cm in diameter and was accompanied by pain and tenderness. The growth may have been facilitated by the increased production of estrogen and progesterone, which bind to receptors located in the outer root sheath cells of the hair follicles. No recurrence was observed during 6 months of follow-up.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2012

In this study, the changes in hair quality before and after Magic straight perm have been evaluated through a hair damage measurement method. For this, a healthy high school student's (age18 years) wavy hair was selected and permed on the left and right sides. Then, the changes caused by physical methods which were applied during the fl at iron-based Magic straight perm were evaluated based on the hair damage measurement method before and after the Magic straight perm. According to the protein release test after the Magic straight perm, 1.26% in average and 0.14% was observed in Cool Magic straight perm sample. In a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) test, saw teeth-shaped partial desquamation of cuticle cells and impurities were observed in the warm-treated hair sample. In atomic force microscope (AFM), line-profile is a method to represent roughness data on hair. According to analysis on 3-dimensional (3D) images, the hair with Cool Magic straight perm was lower than the hair with Warm Magic perm in terms of the color change of 3D images. In addition, vertical changes were observed in the hair with Cool Magic perm. As a result, irregular surface roughness was observed. This study proposed a method to minimize hair damage by cooling down the heat with the cool hair straightener as soon as the Warm Magic was finished.

• 생약학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.288-293
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• 2014

The present study was conducted to evaluate the hair growth-promoting effect of Clitocybin A from mushroom Clitocybe aurantiaca with dermal papilla cells (DPCs), which play important roles in the regulation of hair cycle. Clitocybin A significantly increased the proliferation of immortalized rat vibrissa DPCs. Flow cytometry analysis revealed that Clitocybin A promoted cell-cycle progression through G0/G1 to S phase in immortalized rat vibrissa DPCs. In addition, Clitocybin A increased the level of cell cycle proteins such as cyclin D1, phospho-pRB, and phospho-CDK2. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms of Clitocybin A on the proliferation of DPCs, we examined the activation of wnt/${\beta}$-catenin signaling which is known to regulate hair follicle development, differentiation and hair growth. Clitocybin A activated wnt/${\beta}$-catenin signaling via the increase of phospho(ser552)-${\beta}$-catenin, phospho(ser675)-${\beta}$-catenin and phospho(ser9)-$GSK3{\beta}$. Furthermore, Clitocybin A markedly increased the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). These results suggest that the Clitocybin A may induce hair growth by proliferation of DPCs via cell-cycle progression as well as the activation of Wnt/${\beta}$-catenin signaling and ERK pathway.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.215-222
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• 2003

모발의 관리와 미용을 위해 일상생활에서 $40{\sim}170^{\circ}C$의 온도로 가해진 열에 의해 손상된 모발의 외부형태와 미세구조를 주사전자현미경과 투과전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 우리가 일상생활에서 오랜 기간 동안 헤어드라이기를 사용하였을 때 모발에는 다음과 같은 형태적 변화가 일어나서 손상되는 것을 확인하였다. 첫째, 소피의 바깥층을 이루고 있는 비늘이 들떠지는데 이것은 소피세포의 세포사이 막복합체가 분리가 되면서 일어났다. 이어서 모발의 소피층은 떨어져 나가고 피질이 노출되었다. 이차적으로 피질의 각화세포들은 macrofibrl 사이가 찧어지면서 공기 중에 노출되었고 이들 사이에 멜라닌과립들이 산재되어 있었다. 결과적으로 건조한 고열의 바람은 모발의 수분을 제거시키고 모발을 딱딱하게 만들어 탄력성을 상실시키는 것을 확인하였다. 결국, 손상된 모발은 거칠고 불규칙한 표면을 나타내며 광택을 상실하게 되는 것을 확인하였다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2015

BP201, porcine lung tissue-derived phospholipids, consists of phosphatidylcholine as a major phospholipid species. BP201 promoted hair growth after application onto the shaved backs of BALB/c and C3H mice. Its effect was enhanced when applied together with minoxidil (MNX) in C3H mice. When the tissue specimens prepared from the shaved skins of BP201-treated and control mice were microscopically examined, the total numbers of hair follicles in both anagen and telogen phases of BP201-treated mice were significantly higher than those of control mice. The numbers of hair follicles in the anagen phase of BP201-treated mice were also higher than those of control mice. In combination with MNX, BP201 further increased the total number of hair follicles, but did not alter the percentage of hair follicles in the anagenic phase. BP201 also increased the proliferation of human hair follicle dermal papilla cells. Collectively, BP201 possesses hair growth promoting potential, which would suggest its use singly or in combination for hair growth products.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.127-130
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• 1999

Cytological changes of cowpea root at the early stage of root nodule formation (within 5 days after inoculation) were viewed by light and electron microscopy. The root region affected by the rhizobial infection, which was composed of a redial array of cortical cells, had prominent cell divisions, mostly anticlinal in the inner cortical cells and in addition oblique and periclinal in the outer cells. An infected root hair cell (or root hair-producing epidermal cell) had numerous infection threads and degenerated cytoplasm. Module meristem was formed adjacent to the infected root hair cell, and characterized by dense cytoplasm, prominent nucleus, numerous small vacuoles, and increased plastids, containing infection threads as well. Bacterial cells were dividing inside the infection thread, the wall materials of which appeared to be dissolved ad accumulated in small vacuoles. inner cortical cells contiguous to the nodule meristem appeared to be actively dividing and dedifferentiating; however, they were not infected by the rhizobia. These structural characteristics are similar to those in the Bradyrhizobium-soybean association previously reported, and may reflect the similar cytological process in cowpea in the early nodule formation.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1269-1275
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• 2017

최근 들어 곤충을 식품 및 바이오 소재로 이용한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 곤충을 이용한 모발 성장 효과에 대한 연구는 아직 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 탈모 예방 및 모발 성장 효과를 가진 새로운 천연물 소재 개발을 위해 갈색거저리 유충 추출물의 항산화 활성 및 모발 성장 촉진 효과를 연구하였다. 갈색거저리 유충 추출물의 항산화 활성 평가를 위해서 DPPH 라디칼 및 아질산염 소거능을 측정하였다. 모발 성장촉진 효과를 측정하기 위해서는 인간 모유두세포(human dermal papilla cell)와 섬유아세포(fibroblast, NIH3T3 cell)를 이용하였으며 MTS assay를 통해 세포생존율 및 세포증식률을 측정하였다. 모유두세포에서 dihydrotesteone (DHT)에 의한 세포사 억제 효과를 확인하였으며, 섬유아세포에서는 tolbutamide (TBM)의 potassium channel blocker 역할에 의한 세포사 억제 효과를 확인하였다. DPPH radical 및 아질산염 소거능 측정 결과 갈색거저리 유충 추출물은 항산화 역할이 뛰어난 것으로 보고된 블루베리와 유사하거나 높은 정도의 항산화능을 가지는 것으로 확인되었다. In vitro 상에서 갈색거저리 유충 추출물을 48시간 동안 처리한 경우, 모유두세포와 섬유아세포의 세포증식을 218% 및 116%까지 증가시켰다. 또한, 모유두세포에서 DHT 처리에 의한 세포사가 갈색거저리 유충 추출물에 의해 억제되는 것을 확인하였으며, 섬유아세포에서는 potassium channel blocker인 TBM에 의해 세포생존율이 감소하였으나 갈색거저리 유충 추출물 처리 시 세포생존율이 정상군과 비슷한 정도로 회복되는 것을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과로부터 갈색거저리 유충 추출물을 이용한 모발성장 및 탈모방지 기능성 소재 개발 가능성을 확인하였다.