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 But stem cells can not divide infinitely. They have a limited number of cell divisions described by Hayflick Index. When a stem cell spends its last cell division, it dies.
 With the death of a stem cell, cell turnover decreases. From the age of 25 gradually decreases cell turnover. Youth ends and begins aging skin. 

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     Stem Cells, skin aging

Skin Aging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

     Throughout life and thins the skin ages due to lack of repair. At age 45 is clearly visible signs of aging evident. At age 75 the bad image the main complication is usually with white hair, wrinkles, warts, rashes .... Beyond 75 years it can only be expected that cancer as a farewell present.
     Skin Aging The Sun is the main enemy of the skin. The little light that penetrates the epidermis to the deeper layer, destroys stem cells. Gradually, over the years, the light undermines the stratum germinativum of the epidermis. As a result of the loss of many stem cells, the epidermis decreases in thickness. The horny layer, less compact, it becomes rough with scales that are raised and off easily. The skin loses its own clear radiance of youth. By reducing their capacity for reflection, the light penetrates more and deeper into the epidermis. This vicious cycle is perpetuated and is growing every day. At 75 years, the epidermis is so thin that lets plenty of sunlight. Now the light is no longer reflected in the stratum corneum but also in the dermis. Due to the reflection of light on the blood vessels in the dermis, the skin looks red. Epidermis: In areas of the epidermis with the highest number of casualties keratinocyte stem cells, there is a decrease of keratinocytes. 1 The proportion epidermal melanocyte per 20 keratinocytes, typical of youth, to move toward a relative increase of melanocytes. Abundant sunlight reaching the stratum germinativum, overstimulated melanocytic stem cells. Actively divide and cause hyperplasia of keratinocytes. This is displayed as dark spot and touch warty, as actinic keratosis, senile seborrheic keratosis and freckles. Dennis: As stem cells die in the dermis, it becomes thinner and loses consistency. The skin is partially folded over itself and wrinkles appear. Hypodermis: The thinning of the fat layer produces a loss of volume. Disappears "volume visage" characteristic of youth. 
     The aging of the skin may continue and be even more complicated than simple aging skin. When the cell gets older and no longer useful for their role in tissue, communicates to his mother and sisters surrounding her intention to commit suicide. Tell all the cells around them, exposing suicide proteins outside the cell membrane. The stem cell that originated also attends the funeral. You have to fill the gap that will leave your daughter to die. But if the stem cell that originated not attend because he has spent his division number 60 and has died, the ad remains exposed in a long time outside the cell. This is a dangerous virus because there are many waiting to get inside the cell. 
     Apoptosis or cell suicide announced, is a programmed death, and unfortunately sometimes too long announced. The announcement is, at times, very well received by viruses that have the intention to utilize the old cell to recycle it and give it a new life for them. Some viruses, such as Human Papilloma Virus, can bind to these proteins in the cell membrane to enter the cell. 
     The viruses infecting these cells become moribund and bereft of recycled mother cells capable of dividing endlessly. Cells infected by these viruses work for them as cancer cells. In each cell division creates a new cancerous and cancerous cells in each of them has doubled and hosted a new oncogenic virus. The aging of the skin is justified by a growing number of orphans aged cells. Skin cancer most frequently in their presentations, such as squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma appears in aged skin, especially hit by the sun, suggesting that beyond the division number 60 there is no life. There is only cell death or cancer death.

 

Skin of 55 years, 
aged by the sun

 

 


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