Lexicon
Cosmetogenomic
Cosmetogenomic is the application of genomics to cosmetology. It is used to study the response of genes ...
DNA microarray
A microarray is a set of DNA molecules fixed in neat rows in a small area which may be glass, silicon ...
qPCR
Quantitative PCR (or real-time PCR, qPCR) is a particular method of polymerase chain reaction to measure ...
Immunostaining
Immunostaining consists in revealing a specific protein on a section of tissue through the use of a ...
Lineage
A lineage is a homogeneous cell population, stable after successive mitoses, and having a theoretically ...
Epithelium
Epithelia are tissues consisting of closely juxtaposed cells. Epithelia serve two physiological functions: ...
Keratinocytes
Keratinocytes are cells constituting 90% of the surface layer of the skin (epidermis) and its appendages ...
Melanocytes
Melanocytes are skin and hair “pigmenting cells”. Melanocytes are located in the dermis, ...
Adipocytes
Adipocytes are cells of the adipose tissue, specialized in storing fat. Adipocytes are part of the energy ...
Fibroblast
A fibroblast is a cell present in the connective tissue, sometimes called a support cell. They are resident ...
Standardization
Action of eliminating the variations of every individual to obtain a global and common model.
Vascularization
Vascularization is blood vessels irrigating areas of the body, of an organ or a tissue corresponding ...
RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a molecule chemically very similar to the DNA. RNA is generally synthesized ...
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule present in all living cells, which contains all the information ...
Gene
A gene is a sequence of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which specifies the synthesis of a polypeptide chain ...
Rate of gene expression
Frequency of synthesis of mRNA by a gene
Enzyme
Macromolecule of protein origin that acts as a biological catalyst, that is to say a compound which ...
Fluorescence
Emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation.
Neo-epithelization
Epithelialization is the penultimate stage of wound healing, just before the maturation phase (or remodeling). ...
Ex-vivo
Ex vivo (Latin: "out of the living") defines biological tests developed outside of the body. ...
Anti-ageing
Biological mechanism limiting the visible effects of aging.
Dermis
The dermis is a connective tissue forming the skin with the epidermis and hypodermis. Its thickness ...
Epidermis
The epidermis is the outermost layer of skin; the surface is formed of keratinized cells. The epidermis ...
Hydration
Strengthening of the lipid barrier preventing from water loss.
Antioxidant
Biological or physiological mechanisms having the property to cancel the damages caused by free radicals ...