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Skin and Cellular Biology Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Erez Cohen
University of Michigan
2
Dong Gil Lee
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
3
Attila Placido Sachslehner
Medical University of Vienna
4
Peigang Liang
Xiamen University
5
Reena Kumari
University of Helsinki
6
Amir Vahabikashi
Universidad del Noreste
7
Tatsuto Kageyama
Yokohama National University
8
Benjamin Ober‐Reynolds
Stanford University
9
Julia Duque
London Centre for Nanotechnology
10
Sojung Kwak
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology

Papers

1
Significance of stress keratin expression in normal and diseased epithelia
iScience|2024
63 cit.
2
Publication in Biomaterials (2024) [42 citations, W4392095386]
Biomaterials|2024
42 cit.
3
Cinnamic acid promotes elongation of hair peg-like sprouting in hair follicle organoids via oxytocin receptor activation
Scientific Reports|2024
11 cit.
4
Effects of oxytocin receptor agonists on hair growth promotion
Scientific Reports|2024
4 cit.
5
Serotonin activates dermal papilla cells and promotes hair growth
Scientific Reports|2025
2 cit.
6
Hair Follicle Organoids Using Human iPSC-Derived Ectodermal Precursor Cells for Hair Regenerative Medicine
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering|2026
2 cit.
7
Outer root sheath cells secrete oxytocin for hair growth promotion and stem cell proliferation
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering|2026
0 cit.
8
Keratin 16 inhibits type I interferon responses in differentiating keratinocytes of stressed and diseased skin
Science Translational Medicine|2026
0 cit.
9
Publication in Scientific Reports (2026) [W7163641859]
Scientific Reports|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Alan R. Rodrigues
Rockefeller University
2
Liang Zhang
Shanghai Children's Hospital
3
Paula Grasberger
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
4
Alba Santos
Harvard University
5
Christopher G. Bunick
Yale University
6
Dong‐Hwee Kim
Korea University
7
Beate M. Lichtenberger
Medical University of Vienna
8
Núria Gavara
Universitat de Barcelona
9
Franz P.W. Radner
University of Graz
10
Luisa F. Escobar‐Hoyos
Yale University

Papers

1
Update of the keratin gene family: evolution, tissue-specific expression patterns, and relevance to clinical disorders
Human Genomics|2022
91 cit.
2
Cancer-associated fibroblast subtypes modulate the tumor-immune microenvironment and are associated with skin cancer malignancy
Nature Communications|2024
91 cit.
3
Morphogens enable interacting supracellular phases that generate organ architecture
Science|2023
56 cit.
4
Metformin enhances neural precursor cells migration and functional recovery after ischemic stroke in mice
Experimental Brain Research|2023
42 cit.
5
Formononetin ameliorates airway inflammation by suppressing ESR1/NLRP3/Caspase-1 signaling in asthma
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy|2023
42 cit.
6
Multi-Step Extracellular Matrix Remodelling and Stiffening in the Development of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
International Journal of Molecular Sciences|2023
36 cit.
7
Single-cell transcriptomics reveals lineage trajectory of human scalp hair follicle and informs mechanisms of hair graying
Cell Discovery|2022
35 cit.
8
Creative processes during vertebrate organ morphogenesis: Biophysical self-organization at the supracellular scale
Current Opinion in Cell Biology|2024
27 cit.
9
Nuclear transport of STAT6 determines the matrix rigidity dependent M2 activation of macrophages
Biomaterials|2022
25 cit.
10
Sarecycline inhibits protein translation in<i>Cutibacterium acnes</i>70S ribosome using a two-site mechanism
Nucleic Acids Research|2023
25 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Elaine Fuchs
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2
Jouni Uitto
Thomas Jefferson University
3
Fiona M. Watt
King's College London
4
Robert D. Goldman
Northwestern University
5
Pierre A. Coulombe
University of Michigan
6
Stuart H. Yuspa
National Cancer Institute
7
M. Bishr Omary
Johnson University
8
Dennis R. Roop
Gates (United States)
9
Klaus Weber
Max Planck Society
10
George Cotsarelis
University of Pennsylvania

Papers

1
Defining the Epithelial Stem Cell Niche in Skin
Science|2003
2k cit.
2
Calcium regulation of growth and differentiation of mouse epidermal cells in culture
Cell|1980
1.8k cit.
3
Existence of slow-cycling limbal epithelial basal cells that can be preferentially stimulated to proliferate: Implications on epithelial stem cells
Cell|1989
1.4k cit.
4
Self-Renewal, Multipotency, and the Existence of Two Cell Populations within an Epithelial Stem Cell Niche
Cell|2004
1.4k cit.
5
Stem cells in the hair follicle bulge contribute to wound repair but not to homeostasis of the epidermis
Nature Medicine|2005
1.3k cit.
6
Distinct fibroblast lineages determine dermal architecture in skin development and repair
Nature|2013
1.3k cit.
7
Capturing and profiling adult hair follicle stem cells
Nature Biotechnology|2004
1.3k cit.
8
Directed Actin Polymerization Is the Driving Force for Epithelial Cell–Cell Adhesion
Cell|2000
1.2k cit.
9
Accumulation of mutant lamin A causes progressive changes in nuclear architecture in Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2004
1.1k cit.
10
Separation of human epidermal stem cells from transit amplifying cells on the basis of differences in integrin function and expression
Cell|1993
1.1k cit.

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