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Trial reportBiophysical journal2013

In vivo multiphoton NADH fluorescence reveals depth-dependent keratinocyte metabolism in human skin.

Mihaela Balu, Amaan Mazhar, Carole K Hayakawa, Richa Mittal, Tatiana B Krasieva, Karsten König, Vasan Venugopalan, Bruce J Tromberg

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Trial report in Biophysical journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Intravital Monitoring of Psoriasis Treatment Response and Drug Delivery Using Multiphoton Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mihaela BaluLaser Microbeam and Medical Program, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Amaan Mazhar
Carole K Hayakawa
Richa Mittal
Tatiana B Krasieva
Karsten König
Vasan Venugopalan
Bruce J Tromberg
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic · USUniversity of California, Irvine · USJenLab (Germany) · DEModulim (United States) · US

Funding

Univ.of Calif., Irvine Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA062203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Christine Hui · 1994 to 2026
$57.9M
Virtual Photonocs TechnologiesP41EB015890 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI VENUGOPALAN, VASAN · 2012 to 2017
$7.0M
A Virtual Tissue Simulator for Biomedical OpticsK25EB007309 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI HAYAKAWA, CAROLE KAY · 2008 to 2012
$559k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA062203NIBIB NIH HHS K25 EB007309NIBIB NIH HHS K25-EB007309NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015890NIBIB NIH HHS P41-EB015890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We employ a clinical multiphoton microscope to monitor in vivo and noninvasively the changes in reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) fluorescence of human epidermal cells during arterial occlusion. We correlate these results with measurements of tissue oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin concentration during oxygen deprivation using spatial frequency domain imaging. During arterial occlusion, a decrease in oxyhemoglobin corresponds to an increase in NADH fluorescence in the basal epidermal cells, implying a reduction in basal cell oxidative phosphorylation. The ischemia-induced oxygen deprivation is associated with a strong increase in NADH fluorescence of keratinocytes in layers close to the stratum basale, whereas keratinocytes from epidermal layers closer to the skin surface are not affected. Spatial frequency domain imaging optical property measurements, combined with a multilayer Monte Carlo-based radiative transport model of multiphoton microscopy signal collection in skin, establish that localized tissue optical property changes during occlusion do not impact the observed NADH signal increase. This outcome supports the hypothesis that the vascular contribution to the basal layer oxygen supply is significant and these cells engage in oxidative metabolism. Keratinocytes in the more superficial stratum granulosum are either supplied by atmospheric oxygen or are functionally anaerobic. Based on combined hemodynamic and two-photon excited fluorescence data, the oxygen consumption rate in the stratum basale is estimated to be ∼0.035 μmoles/10(6) cells/h.

Indexed as

AbsorptionFluorescenceHemoglobinsHumansKeratinocytesMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonModels, BiologicalMonte Carlo MethodNADSkinTime FactorsdeoxyhemoglobinHemoglobinsNAD

Identifiers

PMID23332078
PMCPMC3540245
OpenAlexW2155143238

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