Keratinocytes exert their functions after cell death to guarantee the stability, mechanical resistance, elasticity, physical-barrier and water-impermeability functions of the skin. These properties ...

Skin is a complex organ that's responsible for everything from maintaining your internal temp to protecting your body against harmful chemicals and bacteria. It's composed of a complex system of cell ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The epidermis of roots is composed of hair and non-hair cells. Patterning of this epidermis results from spatially regulated differentiation ...

The epidermis is the outer layer of the skin varying in thickness from 0.1mm to 1.4mm (Gawkrodger, 1992) (Fig 1). I… AbstractVOL: 102, ISSUE: 32, PAGE NO: 28Sandra Lawton, MSc, RGN, OND, ENB 393, RN ...

Researchers at Glasgow University have successfully developed a new type of artificial skin that is more sensitive than our own. Made of just a single atomic layer of graphene, the new soft feeling ...

Hyperkeratosis is the term to describe thickening of keratin in the epidermis, which is the outer layer of the skin. Keratin is a protein found in the outer layers of the skin that helps to protect ...

Most previous studies of stomatal behaviour on isolated epidermis of Commelina communis have been carried out in media of pH 6.5-7.0. In the present investigation we have used a wide range of pH ...

The integumentary system is the physical system that forms the barrier between the external environment and the internal systems of the body. In humans, this system consists of skin, hair, nails, and ...

People who have inadequate vitamin A in their diets are more susceptible to skin infection, yet how that vitamin affects skin immunity has been unclear. In a study published today, UT Southwestern ...