In this study, morphology observation and illumina sequencing were performed on two different coloration skins of crimson snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus), the black zone and the red zone. Three types of chromatophores, melanophores, iridophores and...
The stem cells located in the hair follicle bulge area are critical for skin regeneration and repair. To date, little is known about the evolution of the transcriptome of these cells across time. Here, we have combined genome-wide expression analyses...
The color of tuber skin exhibits remarkable diversity in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and is intricately associated with variance in anthocyanin accumulation across different varieties. The regulatory mechanisms governing this phenomenon are poorly...
To identify candidate genes associated with skin tissue responses in Hu sheep raised under different regional rearing environments and to preliminarily explore their potential relevance to low-temperature-related environmental responses, this study u...
Sensitive skin is characterized by hypersensitivity to normal stimuli, and objective diagnostic tools and treatments are still limited. Currently, cosmetics for sensitive skin are developed through the exclusion of known irritants rather than investi...
A total of 81,868 All-Unigenes were sequenced and assembled by the transcriptome in the dorsal skin, the lateral skin, and the peritoneal wall layer of Triplophysa stenura with a total assembly length of 123,827,585 bp, and 68,750 unigenes were annot...
Skin color is an important phenotypic feature of vertebrate fitness under natural conditions. Celestial goldfish, a common goldfish breed in China, mainly shows three kinds of skin colors including white, yellow and brown. However, the molecular gene...
To understand the coloring mechanism in black radish, the integrated metabolome and transcriptome analyses of root skin from a black recombinant inbred line (RIL 1901) and a white RIL (RIL 1911) were carried out. A total of 172 flavonoids were detect...
Tengchong Snow chickens are one of the most precious, black-boned chickens in Yunnan province and usually produce black meat. However, we found a small number of white meat traits in the chicken population during feeding. In order to determine the pa...
Rex rabbit fur is a high-value material in the textile industry; however, the integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic mechanisms underlying differences in fur traits between fur-type Rex rabbits and meat-type New Zealand White rabbits remain incomp...
During the last decades, high-throughput assessment of gene expression in patient tissues using microarray technology or RNA-Seq took center stage in clinical research. Insights into the diversity and frequency of transcripts in healthy and diseased...
Ganxi goat is a local breed of goat unique to Jiangxi Province, China, named for its primary distribution in the Ganxi region. Ganxi goats are primarily raised through grazing, showing good adaptation to the local humid and hot climate, strong diseas...
Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) is a plant that has traditionally been used in various food and beverage products. Here, we investigated the potential of water extracts derived from Roselle leaves and callus cells for cosmetic and pharmaceutical pur...
Differences in skin and hair phenotypes between the scapular and ventral regions of yaks (Bos grunniens) are obvious and become more prominent with age. However, the genetic mechanism that causes differences in yak skin at different ages has not been...
Skin pigmentation in teleosts is a complex process governed by molecular and cellular mechanisms during development. In this study, we investigated the pigmentation process in the tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus) using an integrated approach co...
Tape strip-based transcriptomics shows promise for precision medicine in inflammatory skin diseases, but methodological variation limits reproducibility and clinical use. This study investigates whether four or eight tape strips are sufficient for tr...
Skin aging is a complex, multifactorial process driven by intrinsic biological mechanisms and environmental exposures, resulting in progressive functional and structural decline. Chronological age does not adequately capture this variability, highlig...
Mycosporine-glycine (M-Gly), a member of the mycosporine-like amino acid (MAA) family, is known for its potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. However, its in vivo efficacy in alleviating acute skin photodamage, primarily caused by oxid...
Skin development undergoes significant molecular changes during early life stages in mammals. This study investigated transcriptomic differences in skin tissues between newborn (Y0) and one-year-old (Y1) Dezhou donkey foals using RNA-sequencing techn...
Cold stress disrupts redox homeostasis and skin structural integrity in ornamental koi carp (Cyprinus carpio). To address the unclear long-term effects of astaxanthin (AX), this study examined 90-day dietary supplementation on growth and skin-derived...
Cold stress impacts lamb mortality, welfare, and productivity. Wool and skin insulate lambs, but the mechanisms underlying their response to colder environments remain unclear. Shorn lambs (n = 20) of similar age (8 months), of the Hulunbuir (n = 10;...
Actinic keratoses (AKs) are sun-damaged skin areas that affect 20% of the European adult population and more than 50% of people aged 70 years and over. There are currently no clinical or histological features allowing us to identify to which clinical...
Defective healing leading to cutaneous ulcer formation is one of the most feared complications of diabetes due to its consequences on patients’ quality of life and on the healthcare system. A more in-depth analysis of the underlying molecular p...
Amphibian skin relies on secreted effectors and inducible immune pathways, but short-read RNA sequencing cannot reliably resolve the transcript isoforms and precursor structures underlying this defense system. We generated the first full-length skin...
No. 0 diesel oil may pose a serious threat to sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) aquaculture by inducing skin ulceration. This study aimed to evaluate the protective efficacy and mechanism of a previously developed inhibitor composition against di...
The skin of Rana amurensis serves as an important defense barrier against microbial challenges, yet the molecular basis of its cutaneous immune defense and antimicrobial peptide (AMP) repertoire remains incompletely understood. Here, we established a...
Pseudobagrus ussuriensis is an unscaled fish that is more susceptible to skin damage than scaled fish. To investigate the impacts of hypoxia and reoxygenation on skin and brain immunity, juvenile P. ussuriensis were subjected to hypoxia conditions (D...
Countermeasures for radiation diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are trailing behind the proliferation of nuclear energy and weaponry. Radiation injury mechanisms at the systems biology level are not fully understood. Here, mice skin biopsies at h2,...
Anthocyanins can enhance the nutritional and market value of Dioscorea alata L. They are synthesized in a tissue-specific manner in the peel and flesh of tubers in some Dioscorea alata L. varieties, yet the regulatory mechanisms behind this remain un...
Bacterial biofilm infections associated with wounded skin are prevalent, recalcitrant, and in urgent need of treatments. Additionally, host responses in the skin to biofilm infections are not well understood. Here we employed a human organoid skin mo...
Severe skin injury in humans typically heals through fibrotic remodelling rather than true regeneration, resulting in permanent loss of appendages, sensory function, and tissue architecture. Over the past decades, advances in bulk, single-cell, and s...
In order to combat bacterial and cancer resistance, we identified peptides (pugnins) with dual antibacterial l–anticancer activity from the Boana pugnax (B. pugnax) skin transcriptome through in silico analysis. Pugnins A and B were selected owing to...
The hair follicle is a complex mini-organ in the skin that undergoes organ induction, morphogenesis, and regeneration. However, the accurate molecular mechanism of skin and hair diversity regulation is still elusive. The sheep is an animal model that...
Intradermal injection of anti-immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies in dogs grossly and histologically resemble naturally occurring atopic dermatitis (AD). However, the activated inflammatory and pruritic pathways have not been characterized. The objecti...
Fish skin color is often strongly affected by background color. We hypothesized that the regulatory mechanism of variations in skin color in P. leopardus is linked to the background color. In this study, we conducted transcriptome analysis of Plectro...
The cashmere fibers produced by the secondary hair follicles of cashmere goats are precious textile raw materials. The secondary hair follicles exhibit a distinct annual cyclical pattern, comprising anagen, catagen, and telogen phases. Although a lar...
The epidermis of the skin and oral mucosa is constantly exposed to various environmental stimuli, including temperature changes. In particularly extreme conditions, such as excess heat or cold, significant injury may occur. Oral and skin keratinocyte...
Turbot and brill are two congeneric commercial flatfish species with striking differences in skin organization. The calcified appendages in turbot skin are conical tubercles, while in brill, they are elasmoid scales. A skin injury involving epidermal...
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease with a complex etiology involving environmental and genetic factors. A better insight into related genomic alteration helps design precise therapies leading to better treatment outcome. Gene e...
Amniotic epithelial stem cells (AESCs) are considered as potential alternatives to keratinocytes (KCs) in tissue-engineered skin substitutes used for treating skin damage. However, their clinical application is limited since similarities and distinct...
Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome (kEDS) is a rare genetic heterogeneous disease clinically characterized by congenital muscle hypotonia, kyphoscoliosis, and joint hypermobility. kEDS is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in either PLO...
A novel study was conducted to elucidate heat-stress responses on a number of hair- and skin-based traits in two indigenous goat breeds using a holistic approach that considered a number of phenotypic and genomic variables. The two goat breeds, Kanni...
Southern flounder skin pigmentation is a critical phenotypic characteristic for this species’ survival in the natural environment. Normal pigmentation allows rapid changes of color for concealment to capture prey and UV light protection. In con...
Chile is the second-largest producer of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), a key industry facing challenges such as infestations by Caligus rogercresseyi, which cause significant economic losses. However, there are no studies exploring how environmental...
Mycoviruses are viruses that selectively infect and multiply in fungal cells. Malassezia is the most abundant fungus on human skin and is associated with a variety of conditions, including atopic eczema, atopic dermatitis, dandruff, folliculitis, pit...
Domestic animals have multiple phenotypes of skin and coat color, which arise from different genes and their products, such as proteins and metabolites responsible with melanin deposition. However, the complex regulatory network of melanin synthesis...
Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a genodermatosis caused by loss-of-function mutations in the COL7A1 gene, producing a complex and heterogeneous phenotype. Clinical manifestations include skin fragility, local and systemic inflamm...
The effect of diet on skin aging has become an interesting research topic. Previous studies have mostly focused on the beneficial effects of collagen peptides derived from marine organisms on the aging skin when administered orally, while the benefic...
Geese feather production and the quality of downy feathers are additional economically important traits in the geese industry. However, little information is available about the molecular mechanisms fundamental to feather formation and the quality of...
Pufferfish is increasingly regarded by many as a delicacy. However, the tetrodotoxin (TTX) that accumulates in its body can be lethal upon consumption by humans. TTX is known to mainly accumulate in pufferfish skin, but the accumulation mechanisms ar...
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