Project description:Fractional CO2 laser, as a typical ablative laser, has been used to assist in the treatment of many skin diseases, such as photoaging, atrophic scar, hypertrophic scar, superficial pigmentation, vitiligo, and so on. However, the dynamic changes in skin function after fractional CO2 laser treatment are still unclear. This study explored the changes in local skin function and possible regulatory mechanisms after fractional CO2 laser treatment for 1, 3, 5 and 7 days through transcriptome high-throughput sequencing. The results showed that fractional CO2 laser tended to transform the “lesions” into “normal skin”, regulate the skin barrier, coordinate the rearrangement of collagen, enhance the local microvascular circulation, activate the immune system to secrete a large number of cytokines, and act as an auxiliary tool to assist drug transport. According to the basic principle of destruction before reconstruction, fractional CO2 laser plays a key role of balancer in skin reconstruction. In conclusion, the gene expression profiles of fractional CO2 laser-treated skin undergo dynamic changes over time. Skin barrier, collagen arrangement, drug metabolism, immune system and skin defense system all present obvious characteristics of timing change after fractional CO2 laser treatment.
Project description:How developmental programs reactivate in regeneration is a fundamental question in biology. We addressed this question through the study of Wound Induced Hair follicle Neogenesis (WIHN), an adult organogenesis model where stem cells regenerate entirely new hair follicles de novo following deep wounding. The exact mechanism is uncertain. Here we show that self-noncoding dsRNA activates the anti-viral receptor TLR3 to induce intrinsic retinoic acid (RA) synthesis in a gradient that predicts new hair follicle formation after wounding in mice. Additionally, in humans, rejuvenation lasers induce gene expression signatures for dsRNA and RA, with measurable increases in intrinsic RA synthesis. These results demonstrate a novel stimulus for retinoic acid synthesis by non-coding dsRNA, relevant to their broad functions in development and immunity. The goal of this study is to investigate whole genome analysis in human skin with CO2 laser treatment, which leads to enhanced skin rejuvenation. Under Hopkins IRB (IRB00028768), 17 Caucasian women Fitzpatrick types I-III with average age of 55 and moderate to severe baseline photoaging were enrolled. Laser treatments and biopsy schedule were as listed, with treatments occurring both to the arm, and arm biopsies used for gene expression data listed.
Project description:Ablative fractional laser treatment is considered the gold standard for skin rejuvenation. In order to understand how fractional laser works to rejuvenate skin, we performed microarray profiling on skin biopsies to identify temporal and dose-response changes in gene expression following fractional laser treatment.
Project description:Hair loss, including alopecia, is one of the most common dermatological issues worldwide. At present, the application of fractional CO2 laser in the treatment of alopecia has been few documented, however, the results are varied between the reports. These different results may come from limited knowledge of cellular action in the laser irradiated skin. The objective of this study was to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanism of laser treatment at the affective condition for hair cycle initiation.
Project description:Dermatomyositis is a cutaneous and muscular auto-immune condition associated with specific autoantibodies. MDA5 antibody-associated DM has higher mortality. We demonstrate here for the first time using skin microarray analysis that MDA5+ DM is associated with a greater type I interferon skin signature than MDA5- DM, mainly involving the IFN- κ member produced by skin keratinocytes
Project description:Non-ablative fractional laser can be used to treat photoaged skin by stimulating the breakdown and regeneration of dermal matrix constituents, such as collagen and elastic fibers. The objective of this study was to validate previously studied molecular mechanisms and explore yet uncharacterized biomarkers underlying the clinical efficacy of non-ablative fractional laser resurfacing.
Project description:The study aims to:
1. Achieve molecular imaging of EGFR in patients with colorectal neoplasia in vivo using confocal laser endomicroscopy.
2. Compare the results of in vivo EGFR-specific molecular imaging with CLE and ex vivo immunohistochemistry .