Permeability barrier disruption increases the level of serine palmitoyltransferase in human epidermis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1048-1052

  Stachowitz, Silke ^a   Alessandrini, Francesca ^a   Abeck, Dietrich ^a   Ring, Johannes ^a   Behrendt, Heidrun ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidermal lipids; Serine palmitoyltransferase; Skin barrier disruption; TEWL

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LCB2; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDERMIS; FOREARM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN WATER LOSS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0036443987     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2002.19524.x     Document Type: Article

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