Water disrupts stratum corneum lipid lamellae: Damage is similar to surfactants

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 960-966

  Warner, Ronald R ^a   Boissy, Ying L ^a   Lilly, North A ^a,b   Spears, Marsha J ^a   McKillop, Kirsten ^a   Marshall, Janet L ^a   Stone, Keith J ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Lipid lamellae; Stratum corneum; Surfactant; Water

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; LIPID; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0033385190     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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