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You are what you eat : Within-subject increases in fruit and vegetable consumption confer beneficial skin-color changes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
R Whitehead was funded by an ESRC Studentship.Background: Fruit and vegetable consumption and ingestion of carotenoids have been found to be associated with human skin-color (yellowness) in a recent cross-sectional study. This carotenoid-based coloration
Xiao, Dengke   +15 more
core   +2 more sources

From energy provision to protein synthesis: Tunnelling nanotubes as mediators of intercellular metabolic cooperation in cancer

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
wiley   +1 more source

Design and development of a novel instrument for characterizing the mechanical properties of ex vivo human skin

open access: yesScientific Reports
The viscoelastic properties of human skin are fundamental to its ability to maintain structural integrity. These mechanical characteristics are crucial for understanding skin behavior and have several important applications: (i) documenting the natural ...
Bastien Blanchard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A 3D-Printed Piezoelectric Microdevice for Human Energy Harvesting for Wearable Biosensors

open access: yesMicromachines
The human body is a source of multiple types of energy, such as mechanical, thermal and biochemical, which can be scavenged through appropriate technological means.
Ihor Sobianin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Therapy in the Management of Psoriasis and B-Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

open access: yesCase Reports in Dermatology, 2011
Psoriasis is a chronic immunologically-based inflammatory skin disease. B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is a form of leukemia characterized by the slow and progressive accumulation of monoclonal CD5+ B lymphocytes in peripheral blood, bone marrow,
Anna Balato   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease defined by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Despite advances in care, major complications such as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and myocardial involvement remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
Cristiana Sieiro Santos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional imaging for skin tissue surface characterization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Human skin, the outer and largest organ covering our body, can be described in terms of both its 3D spatial topography and its 2D spectral reflectance. Such a characterization normally requires the application of separate procedures using different kinds
Sun, Jiuai, Smith, Melvyn
core   +1 more source

The Effect of Skin-To-Skin Contact during Heel Lance on the Physiological Parameters, Pain and Stress Level of the Term Newborn and Maternal Anxiety Level

open access: yes, 2021
Objective:The study was conducted at Sakarya University Hospital Obstetrics Clinic, in Sakarya Province, in Turkey, from January 2019 to February 2019, as a simple randomized (1: 1), experimental, and prospective study. It was aimed to evaluate effect of
Özge Kinaci, Sevda Arslan
core   +1 more source

Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SKIN MANIFESTATIONS IN PREGNANCY FOR THE CORRECT MANAGEMENT OF SKIN DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
During pregnancy, many changes occur in the body to facilitate the normal support and development of the fetus. Among the organs that suffer significant changes include the skin.
Bogdan Şerban   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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