Abstract: The invention concerns active substances modulating the expression of the receptors of the products of the POMC gene (MC-IR, MC-2R, and the ? opioid receptor), and possibly modulating the expression of POMC in cutaneous cells, notably to modulate the proliferation and differentiation of epidermal cells in order to re-epithelial, maintain innervation, irrigate the skin, or to fight against aging, or to modulate pigmentation independently or not of cutaneous aging. The invention also concerns a method of screening such active substances.

Abstract: The invention concerns active substances modulating the expression of the receptors of the products of the POMC gene (MC-IR, MC-2R, and the ? opioid receptor), and possibly modulating the expression of POMC in cutaneous cells, notably to modulate the proliferation and differentiation of epidermal cells in order to re-epithelial, maintain innervation, irrigate the skin, or restore normal pigmentation, or to fight against aging, or to modulate pigmentation independently or not of cutaneous aging. The invention also concerns a method of screening such active substances.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of CD14+ monocytes for the production of dendritic cells. The invention comprises the use of CD14+ monocytes isolated from peripheral circulating blood for obtaining, by differentiation, at least one mixed population of Langerhans cells and interstitial dendritic cells, both Langerhans cells and interstitial dendritic cells being preconditioned and undifferentiated, and/or differentiated and immature, and/or mature, and/or interdigitated. The invention comprises their use in suspension, monolayer and three-dimensional cell and tissue models. The invention comprises the use of these cells and of these models as study models for the assessment of immunotoxicity/immunotolerance, for the development of cosmetic and pharmaceutical active principles and for the development and implementation of methods of cell and tissue therapy.