CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Sofia Pasian is an undergraduate student at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. She worked in another scientific initiation in the biochemistry area using plant cells culture to analyse the effects of mutations in the cell wall on the metabolism of a specie. Now a days, research in the group NanoGeneSkin, methods to optimize the production of formulations with nanocarriers in liquid crystals, for the purpose of developing new treatments to skin disorders, like vitiligo. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Vitiligo is a hypopigmentary disease and its pathogenesis has not been completely elucidated. Several intrinsic and extrinsic factors are related to its occurrence, and among these factors, oxidative stress has been shown to affect melanin metabolism and impair melanocyte survival, furthermore can induce an autoimmune response in T cells. Piperine, a Piper alkaloid nigrum L. has been show…
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