Skin disorders : how to characterize stratum corneum mechanical properties ?

The main barrier of the skin is located in the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum. Several damages in stratum corneum involve skin barrier disorders as Atopic Dermatitis, complex disease due to multiple factors (immunologic, genetic, environnemental).

 

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BioMeca® provides a solution to measure stiffness of corneocytes from healthy subjects and non-involved skin of patients with Atopic Dermatitis. We use AFM to exhibit changes of morphological and physical properties of these two-types of corneocytes.

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