Human epidermal glucosylceramides are major precursors of stratum corneum ceramides

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 416-423

  Hamanaka, Sumiko ^a   Hara, Mariko ^a,b   Nishio, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Otsuka, Fujio ^a,d   Suzuki, Akemi ^a   Uchida, Yoshikazu ^a,e  

^a Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^b Kanebo Cosmetics   (Japan)

^c KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramides; Epidermis; Glucosylceramides; Human; Sphingomyelins

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE 1; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE 2; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE 3; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE 4; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE 5; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE 6; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; SPHINGOSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECTROMETRY; STRATUM CORNEUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036038643     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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