Correlation between Blood Flow and Various Physiological Parameters in Human Skin

Blood flow is an important parameter of the human organism and skin physiology. It correlates with skin temperature, penetration of active substances through the skin, delivery of antioxidants and development of disease symptoms, especially during inflammatory processes. Dr. Alexander Vasilyevich Priezzhev played a major role in the investigation of blood circulation, cell aggregation and disease correlation, as well as in the development of an aggregometer to determine the rheology of human blood flow. The following article provides an overview of the work performed at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, partly in cooperation with Dr. Priezzhev, on the correlation of blood flow and various physiological parameters in human and animal skin in vivo.