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S Traniello

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[Cell biology and cosmetology].

Cellular biology can become the natural support of research in the field of cosmetics because it is able to provide alternative experimental models which can partially replace the massive use of laboratory animals. Cultures of human skin cells could be used in tests investigating irritation of the skin. We have developed an "in vitro" experimental model that allows to evaluate the damage caused by the free radicals to the fibroblasts in culture and to test the protective action of the lipoaminoacids. Experimenting on human cell cultures presents the advantage of eliminating the extrapolation between the different species, of allowing a determination of the biological action of a substance and of evaluating its dose/response effect. This does not mean that "in vitro" experimenting could completely replace experimenting on living animals, but the "in vitro" model can be introduced in the realisation of preliminary screenings.

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HLA B51 antigen associated with neutrophil hyper-reactivity.

HLA B51 specificity is strongly associated with Behcet's disease (BD) (for references see Baricordi et al., 1986), a multisystem vasculitis of unknown aetiology, for which an immunological pathogenesis has been proposed (O'Duffy et al., 1983; O'Duffy et al., 1990). Neutrophil abnormalities observed in BD patients even during clinical remission suggest prominent involvement of these phagocytic cells in the pathogenesis of the disease (Niwa et al., 1982). In order to clarify how HLA B51 antigen might confer susceptibility to BD, we have investigated neutrophil function in 13 B51-positive and 13 B51-negative healthy subjects. Lymphocyte spontaneous proliferation and circulating immune complexes were also evaluated. Whereas neutrophils from B51-positive subjects showed an increase in the chemotactic response toward casein (P = 0.003) and LPS (P = 0.033) and also in the PMA-induced superoxide production (P = 0.008) no evidence of enhanced lymphocyte activation emerged. These results suggest that the HLA region can exert a regulatory control on PMN functions.

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