Activation of Skin Cells by Inorganic Compounds

Activation of Wnt signaling reduces high-glucose mediated damages on skin fibroblast cells

Objective(s): High-glucose (HG) stress, a mimic of diabetes mellitus (DM) in culture cells, alters expression of a large number of genes including Wnt and NF-κB signaling-related genes; however, the role of Wnt signaling during HG-mediated fibroblast damage and the relationship between Wnt and NF-κB signaling have not been understood. In this study, we aimed to investigate the ffects of Wnt sig...

Volatile organic compounds produced by human skin cells.

Skin produces volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released to the environment with emission patterns characteristic of climatic conditions. It could be thought that these compounds are intermediaries in cell metabolism, since many intermediaries of metabolic pathways have a volatile potential. In this work, using gas chromatography, we answered the question of whether VOC profiles of primary cult...

Chemoprevention of Skin Cancer by Natural Compounds

Skin tumors in humans represent about 30% of all new cancers reported annually (Yusuf et al, 2007); their incidence is expected to increase substantially because of increased recreational exposure to sunlight and depletion of the ozone layer. The main factor incriminated in skin cancer is represented by the ultraviolet radiation, especially type B (UVB), which accounts for 90% of the skin cance...

Symposium on metabolism of inorganic compounds. V. Comparative metabolism of inorganic sulfur compounds in microorganisms.

Beryllium and Inorganic Beryllium Compounds