Although being simple, fast and inexpensive, skin comprises more than just the fibroblasts.
Human skin comprises the epidermis and dermis, which is mainly composed of collagen, elastin, and hyaluronan synthesized by skin fibroblasts.
For reference, BECs from normal skin comprise 1.9%% of all skin cells, and 96%% of the BECs in normal skin were labeled by FITC-lectin (Fig. 3g, skin).
Flavan-3-ols co-localize with anthocyanins in the hypodermal cells of the berry skin, comprising a diverse and highly abundant class of soluble phenolic compounds [ 61].
By studying extracts of skin biopsies from SSc patients, it has been demonstrated that COMP in the skin comprises an approximately 56 kDa region of the C-terminus [ 13].
The causative agent of WNS is the fungus Pseudogymnoascus (formerly Geomyces) destructans [ 4– 6], which erodes unfurred skin comprising wing membranes, muzzles, and ears of hibernating bats, inducing physiological perturbations, altered behavior, and death [ 7].
Low velocity impact responses of a newly developed sandwich panel with aluminium foam core and fibre metal laminate (FML) skins, comprised of aluminium sheets and plain woven E glass fibres, are investigated in this paper.
Combination Skin: Combination skin is comprised of two extreme skin types on one face.
For our studies, we employed uniaxial mechanical tests of the isolated cuticular membrane (CM) and periderm membrane (PM), and 'composite' fruit skins comprising CM and PM (CM/PM) from apple and pear as a model.
The avocado seed and skin comprise about 33% of the total whole fruit weight (USDA, 2011).
