Area of research
Urology · Dermatology
Research interest
Research interests include Hair Growth and Disorders, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, and Dermatologic Treatments and Research.
Human scalp hair follicles can ‘taste’: chemosensory signalling via the bitter taste receptor TAS2R4 inhibits hair growth <i>ex vivo</i>
Interleukin-15 is a hair follicle immune privilege guardian
mTORC1 activity negatively regulates human hair follicle growth and pigmentation
Melatonin Exerts Prominent, Differential Epidermal and Dermal Anti-Aging Properties in Aged Human Eyelid Skin Ex Vivo
IL-15 Prolongs Anagen, Stimulates Proliferation, and Suppresses Apoptosis in the Hair Matrix of Human Scalp Hair Follicles
Melatonin Protects K15+ Human Hair Follicle Stem Cells and Hair Matrix Keratinocytes against Paclitaxel-Induced Damage Ex Vivo
Human Hair Follicles Operate a Functional Peripheral Equivalent of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Somatotropic Axis Ex Vivo
Resident human dermal γδT-cells operate as stress-sentinels: Lessons from the hair follicle
Sensory Reinnervation of Human Skin by Human Neural Stem Cell‒Derived Peripheral Neurons Ex Vivo
A Cell Membrane-Level Approach to Cicatricial Alopecia Management: Is Caveolin-1 a Viable Therapeutic Target in Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia?
Pro-inflammatory Vδ1+T-cells infiltrates are present in and around the hair bulbs of non-lesional and lesional alopecia areata hair follicles
Tissue-resident macrophages can be generated de novo in adult human skin from resident progenitor cells during substance P-mediated neurogenic inflammation ex vivo
Non‐neuronal kappa‐opioid receptor activation enhances epidermal keratinocyte proliferation, and modulates mast cell functions in human skin <i>ex vivo</i>
Transepidermal <scp>UV</scp> radiation of scalp skin <i>ex vivo</i> induces hair follicle damage that is alleviated by the topical treatment with caffeine
Theophylline exerts complex anti‐ageing and anti‐cytotoxicity effects in human skin <i>ex vivo</i>
An osteopontin‐derived peptide inhibits human hair growth at least in part by decreasing fibroblast growth factor‐7 production in outer root sheath keratinocytes
Fluoxetine promotes human hair follicle pigmentation <i>ex vivo</i> : serotonin reuptake inhibition as a new antigreying strategy?