Sentences with phrase «sebaceous cell»

This growth is technically not a tumor but is actually an area of excessive sebaceous cell division.

The most common pet allergens are proteins found in their dander (scales of old skin that are constantly shed by an animal), saliva, urine and sebaceous cells.

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When used on the skin, it balances oil production, unblocks sebaceous glands, which can lead to blackheads and whiteheads, destroys bacteria, and removes damaged skin cells.

«The critical question was whether there really is a cell that can do it all — epidermis, hair, sebaceous glands,» says Fuchs.

a) The Eye in your Thigh: a patch of skin cells on the leg that can distinguish between bright and dark conditions, perhaps to help regulate the body clock b) The Ear in your Rear: nerves in the buttocks attuned to infrasound vibrations of between 10 and 25 hertz, perhaps to warn of approaching predators or thunderstorms c) The Nose in your Toes: scent - detecting sebaceous glands on the feet whose purpose is unclear d) The Tongue in your Lung: taste - bud - like receptors that detect bitter substances and dilate or restrict the airways accordingly

The stem cells in the bulge are multipotent epithelial stem cells, and can become, or differentiate into, all the epithelial cell types in the follicle (including hair follicles, epidermis, and sebaceous glands)(Oshima et al., 2001).

For the study, a bioengineered 3D integumentary organ system (IOS) using several batches of iPS cells, including the appendage organs like sebaceous glands and hair follicles were used.

By turning on a single gene, researchers can prevent skin stem cells from maturing into the three types of adult skin cells — epidermal, sebaceous and hair cells.

Here we show that the transcription factor Gata6 controls the identity of the previously uncharacterized sebaceous duct (SD) lineage and identify the Gata6 downstream transcription factor network that specifies a lineage switch between sebocytes and SD cells.

Glucose increases the turnover of dead skin cells and insulin stimulates your sebaceous glands to produce more sebum (oil).

N - acetylglucosamine is found in the brain, thyroid, small intenstine, live, testes, epithelial cells of the sebaceous and endocrine glands, and endothelial cells of blood vessels.

High levels of androgen hormones causes sebaceous glands to secrete excess sebum as well as skin cells growing quickly.3

When your sebaceous glands secrete excess sebum, that sebum can trap dirt and dead skin cells in the hair follicles.

To break that down: Your sebaceous gland produces oil that lubricates and protects skin as well as removes old, dead cells as part of your skin's regenerative cycle.

For example, acne is associated with inflammation of the sebaceous glands in the skin whereas eczema is generalized inflammation of the skin cells.

This, in turn, can cause your sebaceous glands to overcompensate by producing excess oil that can combine with dead skin cells and bacteria on the skin's surface, clog your pores, and cause additional breakouts.

First described in 1842 by Gustav Simon, a French dermatologist, Demodex mites are normal skin inhabitants of many mammals, and > 140 species of Demodex have been identified (2 in humans, 3 in dogs).1 The mites live in hair follicles as well as the sebaceous glands and ducts and feed off of sebum, cells, and debris from the epidermis.2, 3 In dogs, the mites are passed from the bitch to her puppies through close contact while nursing.

Beagle — Mast cell tumor, Sebaceous gland tumor, Haemangiopericytoma, Perianal gland adenoma, Lymphosarcoma

Tumors are fairly common in Toy Poodles, but fortunately they're usually benign sebaceous gland tumors or basal cell tumors.

In dogs, the most common tumors are lipomas, mast cell tumors, sebaceous gland adenomas / hyperplasia and papillomas.

But several other types like osteosarcoma, mast cell, sebaceous carcinoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, squamous cell carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, anaplastic carcinoma and complex carcinoma have been reported.

Skin conditions and growths are common in Poodles, especially allergies (which cause itchy skin and can lead to pyoderma), NON-tumorous skin growths (such as papillomas and sebaceous cysts), and actual tumors (such as basal cell tumors).

Sebaceous cysts are filled with dead skin cells and sebum (oil) that produces the cheesy substance seen when the cyst is ruptured, either surgically or accidentally.