...Thais H. Sakuma; Howard I. Maibach Oily skin (seborrhea) is a common cosmetic problem that occurs when oversized sebaceous glands produce excessive amounts of sebum giving the appearance of shiny and greasy skin. This paper overviews the main concepts of sebaceous gland anatomy and physiology...

...Fangfang Ye; Koji Imamura; Noriko Imanishi; Linda Rhodes; Hideo Uno The fuzzy rat, a genetic mutant between hairless and hairy albino rats, expresses androgen-dependent hypersecretion of sebum and hyperplastic sebaceous glands. Using this model for human acne, we examined the effects of inhibitors...

... in the sebaceous glands of the hamster ear, an excellent animal model for the human sebaceous gland, were studied. Lipogenesis was assayed by determining 14 C incorporation into sebaceous lipids extracted from the sebaceous glands which were preincubated with 14 C-acetate. We found that the lipogenesis...