Ratio of immature cornified envelopes does not correlate with parakeratosis in inflammatory skin disorders

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 591-601

  Hirao, Tetsuji ^a   Terui, Tadashi ^b   Takeuchi, Izuho ^b   Kobayashi, Hiromi ^b   Okada, Mikiko ^b   Takahashi, Motoji ^a   Tagami, Hachiro ^b  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cornified envelope; Involucrin; Parakeratosis; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

INVOLUCRIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; PARAKERATOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

CELL NUCLEUS; DERMATITIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; PARAKERATOSIS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0142025154     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2003.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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