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Dual-mode Imaging of Cutaneous Tissue Oxygenation and Vascular Function
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2010
A dual-mode imaging system was developed for non-contact assessment of cutaneous tissue oxygenation and vascular function.
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Demonstration of Cutaneous Allodynia in Association with Chronic Pelvic Pain
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2009
A demonstration of the bedside test for cutaneous allodynia and its clinical implications.
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Dorsal Skin of Hamsters: a Useful Model for the Screening of Antileishmanial Drugs
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2012
Optimization of the experimental hamster model for cutaneous leishmaniasis by intradermal injection of Leishmania promastigotes at the dorsal skin. This approach is useful during inoculation, follow-up, characterization of lesions, application of treatments and obtaining of clinical samples. Locomotion, search for food and water, play and social activities are preserved.
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Fabrication and Characterization of a Conformal Skin-like Electronic System for Quantitative, Cutaneous Wound Management
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2015
This article presents methods to fabricate and characterize a conformal, skin-like electronic system and protocols for the use in clinical applications, particularly on cutaneous wound management.
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Cutaneous Surgical Denervation: A Method for Testing the Requirement for Nerves in Mouse Models of Skin Disease
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2016
This article includes detailed protocols for genetic labeling of mouse skin, surgical denervation, skin biopsy and visualizing labeled epithelia by whole-mount β-galactosidase staining. These methods can be used to test the requirement for nerves in mouse models of normal and pathological skin.
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Keratinization produces an outer layer of cells reinforced by keratin, while the stratified arrangement supplies multiple layers that help resist abrasion. This organization allows the epidermis to serve as a durable surface exposed to the environment. Its protective performance is therefore closely related to both cellular layering and the formation of keratinized tissue.
The dermis provides connective tissue beneath the epidermis and contains structures that support several skin functions. Blood vessels contribute to temperature regulation, sensory receptors support sensation, and sweat glands and hair follicles contribute to secretion and surface functions. These components make the dermis an active supporting region rather than merely a structural foundation.
Its barrier properties help separate internal tissues from external conditions by limiting water loss and resisting abrasion. At the same time, immune defense within the skin helps address threats at this boundary. Because these protective functions operate together, disruption of the membrane can affect tissue stability and increase the biological consequences of environmental exposure.
Wound-healing research uses the skin as a model for understanding how a protective tissue responds after damage. The epidermis, dermis, connective tissue, blood vessels, and immune defenses all relate to restoring tissue continuity and function. Examining these relationships helps biology connect structural organization with recovery after injury.
Research can examine how skin structure supports protection, sensation, secretion, temperature regulation, and immune defense. It can also investigate what happens when these functions are disrupted by injury, infection, aging, or disorders. This broad scope makes the membrane useful for linking tissue anatomy with changes in physiological homeostasis.
Infection and aging provide contexts in which the skin’s protective and regulatory roles may change. Studying these conditions can clarify how barrier performance, immune defense, sensation, secretion, and tissue maintenance relate to one another. Such comparisons help biologists understand why altered cutaneous function can affect the stability of internal tissues.