Eicosanoid and cytokine levels in acute skin irritation in response to tape stripping and capsaicin

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-190

  Reilly, D M ^a   Green, M R ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blister fluids; Cytokines; Eicosanoids; Irritant stimuli

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CYTOKINE; ICOSANOID; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICOSANOID METABOLISM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN IRRITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADHESIVES; CAPSAICIN; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DINOPROSTONE; EICOSANOIDS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOTRIENE B4; SKIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032972872     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750010931     Document Type: Article

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