Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the in vitro prognosis and/or diagnosis of a common alopecic state of the scalp in a subject, comprising at least one step a) of measuring the expression level, in a biological sample from an area suspected of being an alopecic area or of becoming an alopecic area in said subject, of at least one gene involved in the intercellular junctions of the scalp and/or of the hair follicle chosen from CDH1, ACTB, ACTBL2, TUBB, TUBB2A, GSN, MYO3B, MYO5B, MYO6, DSG2, DSG3, DSG4, DSC2, GJB2, GJA1, GJB6, GJA3, TJP2, CLDN8, CLDN10, CLDN19, and optionally of at least one gene chosen from CTNNB1 and CTNND2, wherein said common alopecic state is chosen from androgenetic alopecia, traction alopecia, female pattern hair loss, cicatricial alopecia, telogen effluvium, stress-related alopecia, seasonal alopecia, age-related alopecia and micro-inflammatory alopecia. The invention also relates to an in vitro method for evaluating the efficacy of a treatment of a common alopecic state, to a cosmetic treatment method, to the use of a modulator of said abovementioned gene(s), and also to a method for identifying a compound which allows the prevention and/or treatment of a common alopecic state.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns the cosmetic use, by oral administration, of petroselinic acid or of a combination of active ingredients comprising at least petroselinic acid and at least one compound chosen from zinc, taurine, one of the salts of same, lycopene and the mixtures thereof, and preferably at least taurine or zinc gluconate and, more preferably still, at least taurine and zinc gluconate, with the aim of fighting against aesthetic disorders of the body figure linked to modifications in the adipose tissue.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an extract of bacterium of Sphingomonas genus, compositions comprising at least one bacterium of Sphingomonas genus or said extract, the uses thereof, as well as their implementations in cosmetic methods.