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  1. Toward System-Level Integration of Organoids for Regenerative Medicine

    Article • Burns & Trauma, April 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  2. Dermal hypoxia adaptation promotes psoriasis progression by activating HIF2α-NAMPT pathway

    Article • March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  3. Evolutionary insights into a skin fold

    Article • Nature, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  4. Regenerative Hair Pigmentation via Skin Organoids: Adaptive Patterning Mediated by Collagen VI and Semaphorin 3C

    Article • Advanced Science, July 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  5. Spatiotemporal Adaptations‐Driven Dynamic Thra Activation Simulates a Skin Wound Healing Response

    Article • Advanced Science, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  6. Wnt10b Regulation of Hair Follicle Development, Regeneration, and Skin Diseases

    Article • Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  7. Endothelium-specific sensing of mechanical signals drives epidermal aging through coordinating retinoid metabolism

    Article • Theranostics, June 2025, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  8. Ultraviolet radiation induces caspase cleavage and nuclear translocation of heme oxygenase 1 (HO‐1) to activate autophagy in skin keratinocytes

    Article • FEBS Journal, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  9. Cyclic renewal in three ectodermal appendage follicles: Hairs, feathers and teeth

    Article • Developmental Biology, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  10. Crosstalk between endothelial cells and dermal papilla entails hair regeneration and angiogenesis during aging

    Article • Journal of Advanced Research, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  11. THSD4 promotes hair growth by facilitating dermal papilla and hair matrix interactions

    Article • Theranostics, February 2025, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  12. Contact Cooling-Induced ELOVL4 Enhances Skin Wound Healing by Promoting the Inflammation-to-Proliferation Phase Transition

    Article • International Journal of Biological Sciences, February 2025, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  13. Metabolic adaptation drives self-organization during skin organoid morphogenesis

    Article • August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  14. The mechano-chemical circuit in fibroblasts and dendritic cells drives basal cell proliferation in psoriasis

    Article • Cell Reports, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  15. Mitophagy Promotes Hair Regeneration by Activating Glutathione Metabolism

    Article • Research, January 2024, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  16. Energy competition remodels the metabolic glucose landscape of psoriatic epidermal cells

    Article • Theranostics, January 2024, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  17. Epidermal–dermal coupled spheroids are important for tissue pattern regeneration in reconstituted skin explant cultures

    Article • npj Regenerative Medicine, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  18. The mechano-chemical circuit drives skin organoid self-organization

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  19. Mechanical stimuli-induced CCL2 restores adult mouse cells to regenerate hair follicles

    Article • Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  20. Stability and biosafety of human epidermal stem cell for wound repair: preclinical evaluation

    Article • Stem Cell Research & Therapy, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  21. COX2-ATP Synthase Regulates Spine Follicle Size in Hedgehogs

    Article • International Journal of Biological Sciences, January 2023, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  22. Mechanical force drives the initial mesenchymal-epithelial interaction during skin organoid development

    Article • Theranostics, January 2023, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  23. Editorial: Inflammation, stem cells and wound healing in skin aging

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, October 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  24. Stability and Biosafety of human epidermal stem cell for wound repair: Preclinical evaluation

    Article • May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  25. Biomechanical Regulatory Factors and Therapeutic Targets in Keloid Fibrosis

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, May 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  26. Environmental Regulation of Skin Pigmentation and Hair Regeneration

    Article • Stem Cells and Development, March 2022, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  27. Editorial: Hair Follicle Stem Cell Regeneration in Aging

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, November 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  28. Cyclic growth of dermal papilla and regeneration of follicular mesenchymal components during feather cycling

    Article • Development, August 2021, The Company of Biologists

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  29. The global regulatory logic of organ regeneration: circuitry lessons from skin and its appendages

    Article • Biological Reviews, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  30. Bach2 regulates autophagy to modulate UVA-induced photoaging in skin fibroblasts

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  31. Tissue Mechanics in Haired Murine Skin: Potential Implications for Skin Aging

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, February 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  32. UVA-Triggered Drug Release and Photo-Protection of Skin

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, February 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  33. Skin Cyst: A Pathological Dead-End With a New Twist of Morphogenetic Potentials in Organoid Cultures

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, January 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  34. Hey1 promotes migration and invasion of melanoma cells via GRB2/PI3K/AKT signaling cascade

    Article • Journal of Cancer, January 2021, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  35. Human Fetal Scalp Dermal Papilla Enriched Genes and the Role of R-Spondin-1 in the Restoration of Hair Neogenesis in Adult Mouse Cells

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, November 2020, Frontiers

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  36. The Making of a Flight Feather: Bio-architectural Principles and Adaptation

    Article • Cell, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  37. NFAT5 mediates hypertonic stress-induced atherosclerosis via activating NLRP3 inflammasome in endothelium

    Article • Cell Communication and Signaling, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  38. Comparative regenerative biology of spiny (Acomys cahirinus) and laboratory (Mus musculus) mouse skin

    Article • Experimental Dermatology, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  39. Regulation of melanocyte stem cells in the pigmentation of skin and its appendages: Biological patterning and therapeutic potentials

    Article • Experimental Dermatology, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  40. Epidermal Darwinism and Competitive Equilibrium within the Epidermis

    Article • Cell Stem Cell, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  41. Suppression of IGF1R in Melanoma Cells by an Adenovirus-Mediated One-Step Knockdown System

    Article • Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  42. Cyclic mechanical stretch enhances BMP9-induced osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

    Article • International Orthopaedics, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  43. Regeneration of Mouse Skin Melanocyte Stem Cells In Vivo and In Vitro

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  44. Getting to the Core of the Dermal Papilla

    Article • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  45. Gsdma3 regulates hair follicle differentiation via Wnt5a-mediated non-canonical Wnt signaling pathway

    Article • Oncotarget, October 2017, Impact Journals, LLC

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  46. Wnt/β-catenin signaling promotes aging-associated hair graying in mice

    Article • Oncotarget, September 2017, Impact Journals, LLC

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  47. Technique to restore the regenerative ability of adult skin and hair follicles

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  48. Hair follicle stem cell proliferation, Akt and Wnt signaling activation in TPA-induced hair regeneration

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  49. Paracrine Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 4 Inhibits Melanocytes Differentiation in Hair Follicle

    Article • Stem Cells International, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  50. 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate activates hair follicle melanocytes for hair pigmentation via Wnt/β-catenin signaling

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  51. Aging, alopecia, and stem cells

    Article • Science, February 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  52. Hoxc13 is a crucial regulator of murine hair cycle

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  53. Mechano growth factor-E regulates apoptosis and inflammatory responses in fibroblast-like synoviocytes of knee osteoarthritis

    Article • International Orthopaedics, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  54. Mechano-growth factor enhances differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  55. Roles of GasderminA3 in Catagen–Telogen Transition During Hair Cycling

    Article • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  56. Prolonged overexpression of Wnt10b induces epidermal keratinocyte transformation through activating EGF pathway

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  57. SCF/c-kit signaling is required in 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced migration and differentiation of hair follicle melanocytes for epidermal pigmentation

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  58. Modulating hair follicle size withWnt10b/DKK1during hair regeneration

    Article • Experimental Dermatology, May 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  59. Activated Hair Follicle Stem Cells and Wnt/β-catenin Signaling Involve in Pathnogenesis of Sebaceous Neoplasms

    Article • International Journal of Medical Sciences, January 2014, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  60. Therapeutic strategy for hair regeneration: hair cycle activation, niche environment modulation, wound-induced follicle neogenesis, and stem cell engineering

    Article • Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, January 2013, Informa Healthcare

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  61. Tuning Wnt Signals for More or Fewer Hairs

    Article • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  62. Upregulation of interfollicular epidermal and hair infundibulum β-catenin expression in Gsdma3 mutant mice

    Article • Acta Histochemica, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  63. Gsdma3 is a new factor needed for TNF-α-mediated apoptosis signal pathway in mouse skin keratinocytes

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  64. The expression and role of c-Myc in mouse hair follicle morphogenesis and cycling

    Article • Acta Histochemica, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Mingxing Lei

  65. Gsdma3 gene is needed for the induction of apoptosis-driven catagen during mouse hair follicle cycle

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Mingxing Lei