Journal
BIOESSAYS
Volume 39, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201700029
Keywords
alopecia; chemotherapy and hair follicle; hair greying; inflammation; NRF2; oxidative stress
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Funding
- BBSRC CASE studentship
- Unilever, UK
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre ( Inflammatory Hair Diseases programme)
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [1354328] Funding Source: researchfish
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Widespread expression of the transcription factor, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)- like 2 (NRF2), which maintains redox homeostasis, has recently been identified in the hair follicle (HF). Small molecule activators of NRF2 may therefore be useful in the management of HF pathologies associated with redox imbalance, ranging from HF greying and HF ageing via androgenetic alopecia and alopecia areata to chemotherapy-induced hair loss. Indeed, NRF2 activation has been shown to prevent peroxide-induced hair growth inhibition. Multiple parameters can increase the levels of reactive oxygen species in the HF, for example melanogenesis, depilation-induced trauma, neurogenic and autoimmune inflammation, toxic drugs, environmental stressors such as UV irradiation, genetic defects and aging-associated mitochondrial dysfunction. In this review, the potential mechanisms whereby NRF2 activation could prove beneficial in treatment of redox-associated HF disorders are therefore discussed.
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