Normalization of epidermal calcium distribution profile in reconstructed human epidermis is related to improvement of terminal differentiation and stratum corneum barrier formation

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-106

  Vičanová, Jana ^a   Boelsma, Esther ^a   Mommaas, A Mieke ^a   Kempenaar, Johanna A ^a   Forslind, Bo ^b   Pallon, Jan ^c   Egelrud, Torbjörn ^d   Koerten, Henk K ^a   Ponec, Maria ^a,e  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Desquamation; Ion capture cytochemistry; Proton probe X ray microanalysis; Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; RETINOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DESMOSOME; DESQUAMATION; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0031833051     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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