Fat breakdown in skin cells restarts hair growth in mice

by Justin Jackson, Medical Xpress edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Metabolism (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2025.09.012 National Taiwan University researchers, with collaborators in Taiwan and the US, report that adipocyte lipolysis activates epithelial hair follicle stem cells and drives hair regeneration via monounsaturated fatty acid signaling. Healthy hair follicles are still present in […]

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