Skin & Hair
Compounds studied in relation to dermal matrix biology, follicular signalling and oxidative stress in skin.
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The biology
How this area works
The dermis is built from collagen and elastin embedded in a hydrated matrix of glycosaminoglycans. Fibroblasts continually produce and degrade this matrix, and the balance between the two shifts with age and with cumulative ultraviolet exposure.
Hair follicles cycle through growth, transition and resting phases. The proportion of follicles in each phase, and the signalling around the dermal papilla, determines density and shedding patterns.
Research in this area uses fibroblast culture, histology, and clinical measures such as skin roughness and hair density counts. Topical, systemic and procedural approaches are studied separately because delivery strongly affects what reaches the tissue.
Reference entries
Compounds studied in this area.
Listed alphabetically as reference material. These entries are not compared, rated or ordered by preference.
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