When people experience thinning, the issue is not always that the hair suddenly stops growing. Sometimes the growth phase becomes shorter, the follicle becomes smaller, inflammation affects the scalp environment, or shedding increases after stress, illness, hormones, or nutritional changes
Abbreviations BBB: Blood brain barrier BSP: Bisulfite sequencing PCR CNS: Central nervous system COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019 CpG: Cytosine-phosphate-guanine DML: Differentially methylated locus HCY: Homocysteine MS: Multiple sclerosis PET-CT: Positron emission tomography - computed tomography ROCF: Rey-Osterrieth complex figure ROS: Reactive oxygen species RT-qPCR: Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction SARS-CoV-2: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 TF: Transcription factor TFBS: Transcription factor binding site VCD: Visuoconstructive deficiency WHO: World Health Organization References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Vitamin D level and supplementation in pediatric atopic dermatitis: a randomized controlled trial
Human leukocyte antigen DR (especially DR3) appears to play a role
Long-term and therapeutic-level hepatic gene expression of human factor IX after naked plasmid transfer in vivo
Your body's natural glutathione levels can become depleted by ongoing exposure to environmental toxins, physiological stress, and settings of increased oxidative stress (3)