Role of taurine accumulation in keratinocyte hydration

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 354-361

  Janeke, Guido ^b,c   Siefken, Wilfried ^a   Carstensen, Stefanie ^a   Springmann, Gunja ^a   Bleck, Oliver ^b,d   Steinhart, Hans ^b   Höger, Peter ^b   Wittern, Klaus Peter ^a   Wenck, Horst ^a   Stäb, Franz ^a   Sauermann, Gerhard ^a   Schreiner, Volker ^a   Doering, Thomas ^a  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dry skin; Epidermis; Keratinocyte; Osmolyte; Osmoregulation; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BETA ALANINE; BETAINE; INOSITOL; SILICA GEL; SORBITOL; TAURINE; TAURINE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VOLUME; DEHYDRATION; DRY SKIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0042623500     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12366.x     Document Type: Article

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