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OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to evaluate the anti-photoaging effects of baicalin on Ultraviolet B (UVB)-induced photoaging in the dorsal skin of hairless mice and premature senescence in human dermal fibroblasts. METHODS: We established in vivo and in vitro photoaging models by repeated exposures to UVB irradiation. By HE staining, masson staining, immunohistostaing and real-time RT-PCR, we analyzed epidermal thickness, collagen expression and the mRNA and protein levels of type I collagen, type III collagen, interstitial collagenase (MMP-1 and MMP-3) in UVB exposed dorsal mice skin. The aging condition in human dermal fibroblasts was determined by senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) staining. Cell viability was determined using the Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8). The G1 phase cell growth arrest was analyzed by flow cytometry. The senescence-related protein levels of p16INK-4a, p21WAF-1, and p53 and protein levels of phosphorylated histone H2AX were estimated by Western blotting. RESULTS: Topically application of baicalin treatment reduced UVB-induced epidermal thickening of mouse skin and also result in an increase in the production of collagen I and III, and a decrease in the expression of MMP-1 and MMP-3. Compared with the UVB-irradiated group, we found that the irradiated fibroblasts additionally treated with baicalin demonstrated a decrease in the expression of SA-β-gal, a increase in the cell viability, a decrease in the G1 phase cell proportion, a downregulation in the level of senescence-associated and γ-H2AX proteins. However, Baicalin had no difference in the normal fibroblasts without UVB irradiation and long-term Baicalin incubation of UVB-SIPS fibroblasts gave no effects on the cell proliferation. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, these results suggest that baicalin significantly antagonizes photoaging induced by UVB in vivo and in vitro, indicating the potential of baicalin application for anti-photoaging treatment.

To investigate whether palmitic acid can be responsible for the induction of inflammatory processes, HaCaT keratinocytes were treated with palmitic acid at pathophysiologically relevant concentrations. Secretion levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), NF-κB nuclear translocation, NF-κB activation, Stat3 phosphorylation, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) mRNA and protein levels, as well as the cell proliferation ability were measured at the end of the treatment and after 24 hours of recovery. Pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC, a selective chemical inhibitor of NF-κB) and goat anti-human IL-6 polyclonal neutralizing antibody were used to inhibit NF-κB activation and IL-6 production, respectively. Our results showed that palmitic acid induced an upregulation of IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β secretions, accompanied by NF-κB nuclear translocation and activation. Moreover, the effect of palmitic acid was accompanied by PPARα activation and Stat3 phosphorylation. Palmitic acid-induced IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β productions were attenuated by NF-κB inhibitor PDTC. Palmitic acid was administered in amounts able to elicit significant hyperproliferation and can be attenuated by IL-6 blockage. These data demonstrate for the first time that palmitic acid can stimulate IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β productions in HaCaT keratinocytes and cell proliferation, thereby potentially contributing to acne inflammation and pilosebaceous duct hyperkeratinization.

At this time, in the era of technological development and information that incresingly very fast, introduced smart device systems that can help any stuff and conditions of human work, this technology is known as IoT or the abbreviation of Internet of Things Technology. With the existence of IoT systems, every devices connected to microcontroller, and we can communicate to domonitoring stuff and work more easier anytime, anywhere, and with variety of gadgets that we have. However, it must be supported by the existence of a stable supporting internet access. The HTTP protocol is used to connect communication networks and data traffic between devices on IoT has laxity with effectiveness, supports faster data transmission capabilities, resources intensive used, complicated message formats, large data sizes, and the process of checking traffic for each data consume a lot of time. This exactly affects for the performance of related systems. Referring to these constraints, this paper will discuss the comparison betw en HTTP and MQTT protocols in terms of protocol models, speed of data transmission, size of messages sent, and optimal use for each protocol. Implementation of this system test also involves the implementation of RabbitMQ as a Message Broker between the sender / publisher (smart phone) and the receiver / subscriber (IoT device) which is tasked with storing temporary data before being distributed to the receiver. Not only that, RabbitMQ also has a role to handle if the internet connection is unstable or temporarily dead, the server can store data temporarily on RabbitMQ and will return the data to the IoT device if the internet connection is more stable. This such a system mechanism can certainly be a solution for us to against the problem of data loss due to unstable internet connections. Users/ clients are no longer afraid that data will be lost because all data will be accommodated in RabbitMQ stored place, not influenced by the stability of the internet network connection. In this case, RabbitMQ must be in container environment, for that we also need a docker when installing a broker which is useful as a media containerize. With the docker container, installing RabbitMQ becomes so easy because the installation is not really done from the beginning (as we knew that potentially quite complicated), but we will only install containers that have been filled by RabbitMQ.

Objective. To evaluate the benefits of conditioned medium of Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSC-CM) on wound healing after fractional carbon dioxide laser resurfacing (FxCR) on human skin. Materials and Methods. Nineteen subjects were treated with FxCR on the bilateral inner arms. ADSC-CM was applied on FxCR site of one randomly selected arm. Transepidermal water loss (TEWL), skin color, and gross-elasticity of FxCR site on both arms were measured. Skin samples were taken by biopsy from three subjects 3 weeks after treatment for histopathological manifestations and mRNA expressions of procollagen types I and III, elastin genes were noted. Results. The index of erythema, melanin, and TEWL of the ADSC-CM-treated skin were significantly lower than those of the control side. The mRNA expression of type III procollagen in ADSC-CM-treated group at 3 weeks posttreatment was 2.6 times of that of the control group. Conclusion. Application of allograft ADSC-CM is an effective method for enhancing wound healing after FxCR, by reducing transient adverse effects such as erythema, hyperpigmentation, and increased TEWL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]