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2023

Cotman, A.E., Durcik, M., Tiz, D.B., Fulghri F., Decci, D., Sterle, M., Mozina, S., Skok, Z., Zidar, N., Zega, A., Ilas, J., Masic, L.P., Tomasic, T., Hughes, D., Huseby, D., Simoff, I., Svensson, R., Korol, S., Jin Z., Vincente, F., Glinghammer, B., Lenhammar, L., Henderson S.R., Mundy, J., Maxwell, A.M., Stevenson, C.E.M., Lawson, D.M., Janssen, G., Sterk, G.J., Kikelj, D. (2023) Discovery and Hit-to-lead optimization of benzothiazole scaffold-based DNA gyrase inhibitors with potent activity against Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01597

Takebayashi, Y.*, Henderson, S.R.*, Chirgadze, D., Warburton, P.J., Evans, B.A. (2022) OXA-66 structure and oligomerization of OXAAb enzymes. Access Microbiology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000412 . *Equal contribution.

Guo-Dong Chen, Iqra Fatima, Qin Xu, Elena Rozhkova, Michael Y. Fessing, Andrei N. Mardaryev, Andrei A. Sharov, Guo-Liang Xu, Vladimir A. Botchkarev. DNA dioxygenases Tet2/3 regulate gene promoter accessibility and chromatin topology in lineage-specific loci to control epithelial differentiation. Science Advances Vol 9 Number 2. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo7605

Henderson, S.R., and Geoghegan, J.A. The function of the A-domain in CC1 type Fibronectin Binding Protein B in adhesion and biofilm formation. Microbiology, In Press.

Sterle, M., Durcik, M., Henderson, S.R., Stevenson, C.E.M., Lawson, D.M., Maxwell, A., Cahard, D., Kikelj, D., Zidar, N., Pal, C., Masic, L.P., Ilas, J., Tomasic, T., Cotman, A.E., and Zega, A. Exploring the 5-subsituted 2-aminobenzothiazole-based DNA gyrase B inhibitors active against ESKAPE pathogens. ACS Omega In Press

2022

Steel L, Ansell DM, Amaya E, Cartmell SH. Ppia and ywhaz constitute a stable pair of reference genes during electrical stimulation in mesenchymal stem cells. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(1), 153; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12010153 

Crompton RA, Williams H, Campbell L, Hui Kheng L, Saville C, Ansell DM, Reid A, Wong J, Vardy LA, Hardman MJ, Cruickshank SM. An Epidermal-Specific Role for Arginase1 during Cutaneous Wound Repair. J Invest Dermatol. 2022 Apr;142(4):1206-1216.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.09.009. 

Fatima I, Chen G, Botchkareva NV, Sharov AA, Thornton D, Wilkinson HN, Hardman MJ, Grutzkau A, Pedro de Magalhaes J, Seluanov A, Smith ESJ, Gorbunova V, Mardaryev AN, Faulkes CG, Botchkarev VA. Skin Aging in Long-Lived Naked Mole-Rats Is Accompanied by Increased Expression of Longevity-Associated and Tumor Suppressor Genes. J Invest Dermatol. 2022 Nov;142(11):2853-2863.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.04.028. Epub 2022 Jun 9. PMID: 35691364; PMCID: PMC9613526.

Chua KO, Norton P, Trus P, Katsikogianni M, Thornton MJ, Chan KG, Chang CY. Draft Genome Sequence of the Multiple Antibiotic Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1-UB Subline. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Sep 15;11(9):e0064622. doi: 10.1128/mra.00646-22. Epub 2022 Aug 22. PMID: 35993720; PMCID: PMC9476901.

Chua KO, Fatima I, Lau YY, Hong KW, Yin WF, Mardaryev A, Chan KG, Chang CY. Bacterial microbiome of faecal samples of naked mole-rat collected from the toilet chamber. BMC Res Notes. 2022 Mar 18;15(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06000-8. PMID: 35303951; PMCID: PMC8932300.

Norton P, Chua KO, Katsikogianni M, Thornton MJ, Chan KG, Chang CY. Draft Genome Sequence of a Multiple Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 6571-UB Laboratory Strain. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Sep 15;11(9):e0044822. doi: 10.1128/mra.00448-22. Epub 2022 Aug 23. PMID: 35997498; PMCID: PMC9476917.

Wilkinson EL, Brennan LC, Harrison OJ, Crane-Smith Z, Gautier P, Keighren MA, Budd P, Swaminathan K, Machesky LM, Allinson SL, Jackson IJ, Mort RL. Genetically engineered multicistronic allele of Pmel yielding highly specific CreERT2-mediated recombination in the melanocyte lineage. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2022 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.13076. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36412082.

Rushton DH, Westgate GE, Van Neste DJ. Following historical "tracks" of hair follicle miniaturisation in patterned hair loss: Are elastin bodies the forgotten aetiology? Exp Dermatol. 2022 Feb;31(2):102-109. doi: 10.1111/exd.14393. Epub 2021 Jun 11. PMID: 34008225; PMCID: PMC9290669.

Clark ER, Helliwell RJ, Bailey MA, Hemmings KE, Bridge KI, Griffin KJ, Scott DJA, Jennings LM, Riches-Suman K, Porter KE. Preservation of Smooth Muscle Cell Integrity and Function: A Target for Limiting Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Expansion? Cells. 2022 Mar 19;11(6):1043. doi: 10.3390/cells11061043. PMID: 35326494; PMCID: PMC8947535.

2021

Williams R, Castellano-Pelicena I, Al-Rikabi AHA, Sikkink SK, Baker R, Riches-Suman K, Thornton MJ. Laser Capture Microdissection on Surgical Tissues to Identify Aberrant Gene Expression in Impaired Wound Healing in Type 2 Diabetes. J Vis Exp. 2021 Jan 13;(167). doi: 10.3791/62091. PMID: 33522515.
 
Rushton DH, Westgate GE, Van Neste DJ. Following historical "tracks" of hair follicle miniaturisation in patterned hair loss: Are elastin bodies the forgotten aetiology? Exp Dermatol. 2021 May 18. doi: 10.1111/exd.14393. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34008225.
 
Mardaryev A, van Lessen M, Alam M, Jimenez Acosta F, Bíró T, Paus R. Hair Follicle Chemosensation: TRPM5 Signaling Is Required for Anagen Maintenance. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Sep;141(9):2300-2303. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.747. Epub 2021 Mar 24. PMID: 33773986.
 
Williams R, Westgate GE, Pawlus AD, Sikkink SK, Thornton MJ. Age-Related Changes in Female Scalp Dermal Sheath and Dermal Fibroblasts: How the Hair Follicle Environment Impacts Hair Aging. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Apr;141(4S):1041-1051. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.11.009. Epub 2020 Dec 14. PMID: 33326808.
 
Buscone S, Mardaryev AN, Westgate GE, Uzunbajakava NE, Botchkareva NV. Cryptochrome 1 is modulated by blue light in human keratinocytes and exerts positive impact on human hair growth. Exp Dermatol. 2021 Feb;30(2):271-277. doi: 10.1111/exd.14231. Epub 2020 Nov 22. PMID: 33141439.
 
Hochfeld LM, Bertolini M, Broadley D, Botchkareva NV, Betz RC, Schoch S, Nöthen MM, Heilmann-Heimbach S. Evidence for a functional interaction of WNT10A and EBF1 in male-pattern baldness. PLoS One. 2021 Sep 10;16(9):e0256846. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256846. PMID: 34506541; PMCID: PMC8432770
 
Swaminathan K, Campbell A, Papalazarou V, Jaber-Hijazi F, Nixon C, McGhee E, Strathdee D, Sansom OJ, Machesky LM. The RAC1 Target NCKAP1 Plays a Crucial Role in the Progression of Braf;Pten-Driven Melanoma in Mice. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Mar;141(3):628-637.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.06.029. Epub 2020 Aug 8. PMID: 32777214.
 
Nicu C, O'Sullivan JDB, Ramos R, Timperi L, Lai T, Farjo N, Farjo B, Pople J, Bhogal R, Hardman JA, Plikus MV, Ansell DM, Paus R. Dermal Adipose Tissue Secretes HGF to Promote Human Hair Growth and Pigmentation. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Jul;141(7):1633-1645.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.12.019. Epub 2021 Jan 23. PMID: 33493531.
 
Nicu C, Jackson J, Shahmalak A, Pople J, Ansell D, Paus R. Adiponectin negatively regulates pigmentation, Wnt/β-catenin and HGF/c-Met signalling within human scalp hair follicles ex vivo. Arch Dermatol Res. 2021 Dec 2. doi: 10.1007/s00403-021-02291-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34854998.
 
Al-Rikabi AHA, Tobin DJ, Riches-Suman K, Thornton MJ. Dermal fibroblasts cultured from donors with type 2 diabetes mellitus retain an epigenetic memory associated with poor wound healing responses. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 14;11(1):1474. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80072-z. PMID: 33446687; PMCID: PMC7809350.

2020

Williams R, Castellano Pellicena I, Sikkink S, Baker R, Riches-Suman K, Thornton M. Laser capture microdissection on surgical tissues to identify aberrant gene expression in impaired wound healing in Type 2 diabetes. J. Journal of Visualized Experiments (accepted 03/12/2020). 

Dell’Acqua, G.; Richards, A.; Thornton, M.J. The Potential Role of Nutraceuticals as an Adjuvant in Breast Cancer Patients to Prevent Hair Loss Induced by Endocrine Therapy. Nutrients 2020, 12, 3537.

Sikkink, S.K., Mine, S., Freis, O. et al. Stress-sensing in the human greying hair follicle: Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) depletion in hair bulb melanocytes in canities-prone scalp. Sci Rep 10, 18711 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75334-9

Salgado D, Armean IM, Baudis M et al. The ELIXIR Human Copy Number Variations Community: building bioinformatics infrastructure for research [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. F1000Research 2020, 9(ELIXIR):1229 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24887.1)

Williams, R., Pawlus, A.D. and Thornton, M.J. (2020), Getting under the skin of hair aging: the impact of the hair follicle environment. Exp Dermatol. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.14109

Trevor, L.V.; Riches-Suman, K.; Mahajan, A.L.; Thornton, M.J. Adipose Tissue: A Source of Stem Cells with Potential for Regenerative Therapies for Wound Healing. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 2161.

Katarzyna Murat, Björn Grüning, Paulina Wiktoria Poterlowicz, Gillian Westgate, Desmond J Tobin, Krzysztof Poterlowicz. Ewastools: Infinium Human Methylation BeadChip pipeline for population epigenetics integrated into Galaxy, GigaScience, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2020, giaa049, https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giaa049

Abubakar, A., Ugail, H., Smith, K.M. et al. Burns Depth Assessment Using Deep Learning Features. J. Med. Biol. Eng. 40, 923–933 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40846-020-00574-z

Baker R., Thornton M.J. (2020) Isolation of Epidermal and Hair Follicle Melanocytes. In: Botchkareva., Westgate G. (eds) Molecular Dermatology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2154. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0648-3_3

Williams R., Thornton M.J. (2020) Isolation of Different Dermal Fibroblast Populations from the Skin and the Hair Follicle. In: Botchkareva ., Westgate G. (eds) Molecular Dermatology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2154. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0648-3_2

Castellano-Pellicena I., Thornton M.J. (2020) Isolation of Epidermal Keratinocytes from Human Skin: The Scratch-Wound Assay for Assessment of Epidermal Keratinocyte Migration. In: Botchkareva ., Westgate G. (eds) Molecular Dermatology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2154. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0648-3_1
 
Mardaryev A.N., Fessing M.Y. (2020) 3D-FISH Analysis of the Spatial Genome Organization in Skin Cells in Situ. In: Botchkareva ., Westgate G. (eds) Molecular Dermatology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2154. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0648-3_18
 
Mardaryev A.N. (2020) Method to Study Skin Cancer: Two-Stage Chemically Induced Carcinogenesis in Mouse Skin. In: Botchkareva ., Westgate G. (eds) Molecular Dermatology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2154. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0648-3_19
 
Wang E.H.C., McElwee K.J. (2020) Nonsurgical Induction of Alopecia Areata in C3H/HeJ Mice via Adoptive Transfer of Cultured Lymphoid Cells. In: Botchkareva ., Westgate G. (eds) Molecular Dermatology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2154. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0648-3_10
 
Zhang, X, Ye, Y, Zhu, Z, et al. Sequential cyclic changes of hair roots revealed by dermoscopy demonstrate a progressive mechanism of diffuse alopecia areata over time. Exp Dermatol. 2020; 29: 223– 230. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.13799
 
Bertolini, M, McElwee, K, Gilhar, A, Bulfone‐Paus, S, Paus, R. Hair follicle immune privilege and its collapse in alopecia areata. Exp Dermatol. 2020; 29: 703–725. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.14155
 
Thomas Swift, Gillian Westgate, Julie Van Onselen, and Stewart Lee. Developments in silicone technology for use in stoma care. British Journal of Nursing 2020 29:6, S6-S15. https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjon.2020.29.6.S6

Kang, H, Wu, W‐Y, Yu, M, Shapiro, J, McElwee, KJ. Increased expression of TLR7 and TLR9 in alopecia areata. Exp Dermatol. 2020; 29: 254–258. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.14043

Siah, TW, Guo, H, Chu, T, et al. Growth factor concentrations in platelet‐rich plasma for androgenetic alopecia: An intra‐subject, randomized, blinded, placebo‐controlled, pilot study. Exp Dermatol. 2020; 29: 334– 340. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.14074

Zhang, X, McElwee, KJ. Allergy promotes alopecia areata in a subset of patients. Exp Dermatol. 2020; 29: 239– 242. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.14027

2019

Mohammed I. Ahmed, Maximilian E. Pickup, Alexander G. Rimmer, Majid Alam, Andrei N. Mardaryev, Krzysztof Poterlowicz, Natalia V. Botchkareva, Vladimir A. Botchkarev. Interplay of MicroRNA-21 and SATB1 in Epidermal Keratinocytes during Skin Aging, Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Volume 139, Issue 12, 2019, Pages 2538-2542.e2

Daniels, G., Akram, S., Westgate, G.E. and Tamburic, S. (2019), Can plant‐derived phytochemicals provide symptom relief for hair loss? A critical review. Int J Cosmet Sci, 41: 332-345. https://doi.org/10.1111/ics.12554
 
Castellano‐Pellicena, I., Uzunbajakava, N.E., Mignon, C., Raafs, B., Botchkarev, V.A. and Thornton, M.J. (2019), Does blue light restore human epidermal barrier function via activation of Opsin during cutaneous wound healing?. Lasers Surg. Med., 51: 370-382. https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.23015
 
Broadley, D, McElwee, KJ. A “hair‐raising” history of alopecia areata. Exp Dermatol. 2020; 29: 208– 222. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.14073
 
Adhikari, K., Mendoza-Revilla, J., Sohail, A. et al. A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the convergent evolution of lighter skin pigmentation in Eurasia. Nat Commun 10, 358 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08147-0
 
Town, G., Botchkareva, N.V., Uzunbajakava, N.E., Nuijs, T., van Vlimmeren, M., Ash, C. and Dierickx, C. (2019), Light‐based home‐use devices for hair removal: Why do they work and how effective they are?. Lasers Surg. Med., 51: 481-490. https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.23061
 
Shalbaf M, Alase AA, Berekmeri A, et al. Plucked hair follicles from patients with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus show a disease-specific molecular signature.  Lupus Science & Medicine 2019;6:e000328. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2019-000328
 
Moshapa FT, Riches-Suman K, Palmer TM. Therapeutic Targeting of the Proinflammatory IL-6-JAK/STAT Signalling Pathways Responsible for Vascular Restenosis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Cardiol Res Pract. 2019 Jan 2;2019:9846312. doi: 10.1155/2019/9846312. PMID: 30719343; PMCID: PMC6334365.
 
Tsakok T, Wilson N, Dand N, et al. Association of Serum Ustekinumab Levels With Clinical Response in Psoriasis. JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(11):1235–1243. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2019.1783

2018

Botchkarev VA and Millar S (Eds) (2018) Epigenetic Regulation of Skin Development and Regeneration. New York: Humana Press.

Nwogu N, Boyne JR, Dobson SJ, Poterlowicz K, Blair GE, Macdonald A, Mankouri J, Whitehouse A. Cellular sheddases are induced by Merkel cell polyomavirus small tumour antigen to mediate cell dissociation and invasiveness. PLoS Pathog. 2018 Sep 6;14(9):e1007276. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007276. eCollection 2018 Sep. PMID: 30188954

Joly‐Tonetti, N., Wibawa, J., Bell, M. and Tobin, D. (2018), An explanation for the mysterious distribution of melanin in human skin: a rare example of asymmetric (melanin) organelle distribution during mitosis of basal layer progenitor keratinocytes. Br J Dermatol, 179: 1115-1126. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.16926

Fajuyigbe, D., Lwin, S.M., Diffey, B.L., Baker, R., Tobin, D.J., Sarkany, R.P.E. and Young, A.R. (2018), Melanin distribution in human epidermis affords localized protection against DNA photodamage and concurs with skin cancer incidence difference in extreme phototypes. The FASEB Journal, 32: 3700-3706. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201701472R

Akhbari P, Tobin D, Poterlowicz K, Roberts W, Boyne JR.MCV-miR-M1 Targets the Host-Cell Immune Response Resulting in the Attenuation of Neutrophil Chemotaxis. J Invest Dermatol. 2018 May 17. pii: S0022-202X(18)31958-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.03.1527. [Epub ahead of print]

Mignon C, Uzunbajakava NE, Castellano-Pellicena I, Botchkareva NV, Tobin DJ. Differential response of human dermal fibroblast subpopulations to visible and near-infrared light: Potential of photobiomodulation for addressing cutaneous conditions. Lasers Surg Med. 2018 Apr 17. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22823. [Epub ahead of print]

Mignon C, Tobin DJ, Zeitouny M, Uzunbajakava NE. Shedding light on the variability of optical skin properties: finding a path towards more accurate prediction of light propagation in human cutaneous compartments. Biomed Opt Express. 2018 Jan 29;9(2):852-872. doi: 10.1364/BOE.9.000852. eCollection 2018 Feb 1.

Stakaitytė G, Nwogu N, Lippiat JD, Blair GE, Poterlowicz K, Boyne JR, Macdonald A, Mankouri J, Whitehouse A. The cellular chloride channels CLIC1 and CLIC4 contribute to virus-mediated cell motility. J Biol Chem. 2018 Mar 23;293(12):4582-4590. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.001343. Epub 2018 Feb 8.

Fajuyigbe D, Lwin SM, Diffey BL, Baker R, Tobin DJ, Sarkany RPE, Young AR. Melanin distribution in human epidermis affords localized protection against DNA photodamage and concurs with skin cancer incidence difference in extreme phototypes. FASEB J. 2018 Jul;32(7):3700-3706. doi: 10.1096/fj.201701472R. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Tafazzoli A, Forstner AJ, Broadley D, Hofmann A, Redler S, Petukhova L, Giehl KA, Kruse R, Blaumeiser B, Böhm M, Bertolini M, Rossi A, Garcia Bartels N, Lutz G, Wolff H, Blume-Peytavi U, Soreq H, Christiano AM, Botchkareva NV, Nöthen MM, Betz RC. Genome-Wide MicroRNA Analysis Implicates miR-30b/d in the Etiology of Alopecia Areata. J Invest Dermatol. 2018 Mar;138(3):549-556. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.09.046. Epub 2017 Dec 6.

Miranda BH, Charlesworth MR, Tobin DJ, Sharpe DT, Randall VA. Androgens trigger different growth responses in genetically identical human hair follicles in organ culture that reflect their epigenetic diversity in life. FASEB J. 2018 Feb;32(2):795-806. doi: 10.1096/fj.201700260RR. Epub 2018 Jan 4.

Weiland D, Brachvogel B, Hornig-Do HT, Neuhaus JFG, Holzer T, Tobin DJ, Niessen CM, Wiesner RJ, Baris OR. Imbalance of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complexes in the Epidermis Induces Severe Skin Inflammation. J Invest Dermatol. 2018 Jan;138(1):132-140. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.08.019. Epub 2017 Sep 1.

Botchkarev V.A., Sharov A.A., Fessing M.Y. (2018) All Roads Go to the Nucleus: Integration of Signaling/Transcription Factor-Mediated and Epigenetic Regulatory Mechanisms in the Control of Skin Development and Regeneration. In: Botchkarev V., Millar S. (eds) Epigenetic Regulation of Skin Development and Regeneration. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16769-5_1

Botchkareva N.V., Yi R. (2018) Orchestrated Role of microRNAs in Skin Development and Regeneration. In: Botchkarev V., Millar S. (eds) Epigenetic Regulation of Skin Development and Regeneration. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16769-5_7

Mardaryev A.N. (2018) Epigenetic Regulation of Skin Wound Healing. In: Botchkarev V., Millar S. (eds) Epigenetic Regulation of Skin Development and Regeneration. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16769-5_12

Miranda, B.H., Charlesworth, M.R., Tobin, D.J., Sharpe, D.T. and Randall, V.A. (2018), Androgens trigger different growth responses in genetically identical human hair follicles in organ culture that reflect their epigenetic diversity in life. The FASEB Journal, 32: 795-806. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201700260RR

Bertolini M, Botchkareva N, Westgate G, et al. Bridging the "Dead Hair"-"Live Follicle" Divide in Applied Hair Research. Journal of Cosmetic Science. 2018 Sep/Oct;69(5):315-322.

Nwogu N, Boyne JR, Dobson SJ, Poterlowicz K, Blair GE, Macdonald A, et al. (2018) Cellular sheddases are induced by Merkel cell polyomavirus small tumour antigen to mediate cell dissociation and invasiveness. PLoS Pathog 14(9): e1007276. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007276

2017

Buscone, S., Mardaryev, A.N., Raafs, B., Bikker, J.W., Sticht, C., Gretz, N., Farjo, N., Uzunbajakava, N.E. and Botchkareva, N.V. (2017), A new path in defining light parameters for hair growth: Discovery and modulation of photoreceptors in human hair follicle. Lasers Surg. Med., 49: 705-718. https://doi.org/10.1002/lsm.22673

Poterlowicz K, Yarker JL, Malashchuk I, Lajoie BR, Mardaryev AN, Gdula MR, Sharov AA, Kohwi-Shigematsu T, Botchkarev VA, Fessing MY. 5C analysis of the Epidermal Differentiation Complex locus reveals distinct chromatin interaction networks between gene-rich and gene-poor TADs in skin epithelial cells. PLoS Genet. 2017 Sep 1;13(9):e1006966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006966. eCollection 2017 Sep. PubMed PMID: 28863138.

Alharbi RA, Pandha HS, Guy R. Simpson GR, Pettengell R, Poterlowicz K, Thompson A, Harrington K, El-Tanani M, Morgan R. Inhibition of HOX/PBX dimer formation leads to necroptosis in acute myeloid leukemia cells. Oncotarget. 2017; 8:89566-89579. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.20023

Weiland D, Brachvogel B, Hornig-Do HT, Neuhaus JFG, Holzer T, Tobin DJ, Niessen CM, Wiesner RJ, Baris OR. Imbalance of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complexes in the Epidermis Induces Severe Skin Inflammation. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Aug 31. pii: S0022-202X(17)32834-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.08.019. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28867657.

Tobin DJ. Introduction to skin aging. J Tissue Viability. 2017 Feb;26(1):37-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jtv.2016.03.002. Epub 2016 Mar 14. PubMed PMID:27020864.

Botchkarev VA. Second International Symposium-Epigenetic Regulation of Skin Regeneration and Aging: From Chromatin Biology towards the Understanding of Epigenetic Basis of Skin Diseases. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Aug;137(8):1604-1608. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.01.037. Epub 2017 Jun 2. PubMed PMID: 28583676.

Messenger AG, Botchkareva NV. Unraveling the secret life of the hair follicle: from fungi to innovative hair loss therapies. Exp Dermatol. 2017 Jun;26(6):471. doi: 10.1111/exd.13384. PubMed PMID: 28608517.

Westgate GE, Ginger RS, Green MR. The biology and genetics of curly hair. Exp Dermatol. 2017;26:483–490. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.13347

Singh, SK, Baker, R, Sikkink, SK, et al. E‐cadherin mediates ultraviolet radiation‐ and calcium‐induced melanin transfer in human skin cells. Exp Dermatol. 2017; 26: 1125– 1133. https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.13395

Aunin, E., Broadley, D., Ahmed, M.I. et al. Exploring a Role for Regulatory miRNAs In Wound Healing during Ageing:Involvement of miR-200c in wound repair. Sci Rep 7, 3257 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03331-6

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