- 著者
- Osamu Uehara Toshimasa Kusuhara Takao Nakamura
- 出版者
- Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering
- 雑誌
- Advanced Biomedical Engineering (ISSN:21875219)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.12, pp.1-8, 2023 (Released:2023-02-03)
- 参考文献数
- 19
- 被引用文献数
- 3
Deterioration of skin barrier function causes symptoms such as allergies because it allows various chemical substances to enter the human body. Quantitative evaluation of the thickness and water content of the stratum corneum is useful as a measure of skin barrier function in fields such as dermatology, nursing science, and cosmetics development. The stratum corneum is responsible for most of the skin barrier function, and this function has conventionally been evaluated using transepidermal water loss (TEWL). In this paper, we propose a new model for estimation of TEWL from measurements of the thickness of the stratum corneum and water content of the surface of the stratum corneum, and discuss the results of the measurements. By measuring the thickness and water content of the stratum corneum using confocal laser microscopy and confocal Raman spectroscopy, respectively, and examining the relationship of these variables with TEWL, we established a new potential model for estimating TEWL from these two variables. The correlation coefficient of the validation data was 0.886 and the root mean squared error was 8.18 points. These findings indicate the feasibility of qualitative evaluation of TEWL by measuring the thickness and water content of the stratum corneum.
- 著者
- Masataka Kusunoki Kazuhiko Tsutsumi Meiho Nakayama Tsuyoshi Kurokawa Takao Nakamura Hitoshi Ogawa Yoshitaka Fukuzawa Munehiko Morishita Tatsuro Koide Tetsuro Miyata
- 出版者
- The University of Tokushima Faculty of Medicine
- 雑誌
- The Journal of Medical Investigation (ISSN:13431420)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.54, no.3,4, pp.243-247, 2007 (Released:2007-09-11)
- 参考文献数
- 15
- 被引用文献数
- 40 54
Background: Consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) improves the lipid metabolism of diabetics, leading to prevents of arteriosclerosis. Exact relationship between saturated fatty acids (SFA) or PUFA and the insulin resistance of diabetics are unknown.Subjects and Methods: We investigated the relationship between the serum concentrations of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids and the homeostasis model insulin resistance index (HOMA-R) in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Results: The SFA, i.e., lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, and stearic acid; the monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), i.e., palmitoleic acid, oleic acid, and erucic acid; and the PUFA, i.e., eicosadienoic acid, dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, docosatetraenoic acid, and docosapentaenoic acid were positively correlated with HOMA-R. However, no correlations were found between HOMA-R and SFA, i.e., arachidic acid, behenic acid, and lignoceric acid; the MUFA, i.e., eicosenoic acid and nervonic acid; and the PUFA, i.e., linoleic acid, γ-linolenic acid, linolenic acid, 5-8-11 eicosatrienoic acid, arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid.Conclusions: Some PUFA as well as SFA were positively correlated with HOMA-R. These results indicate that the intake of diet fatty acid must be well balanced in diabetic patients and it is not always true to refrain from taking SFA and increase the unsaturated fatty acids in their diets. J. Med. Invest. 54: 243-247, August, 2007