Hormonal basis for the gender difference in epidermal barrier formation in the fetal rat: Acceleration by estrogen and delay by testosterone

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2576-2584

  Hanley, Karen ^a,c   Rassner, Ulrich ^a   Jiang, Yan ^a,c   Vansomphone, David ^b   Crumrine, Debra ^a   Komüves, Lazlo ^a,c   Elias, Peter M ^a,c   Feingold, Kenneth R ^a,c   Williams, Mary L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal skin development; Lamellar bilayers; Stratum corneum lipids; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER LOSS;

ANIMALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUTAMIDE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LUNG; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN;

EID: 0029949786     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118706     Document Type: Article

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