Improvement of mild inflammatory changes of the facial skin induced by winter environment with daily applications of a moisturizing cream: A half-side test of biophysical skin parameters, cytokine expression pattern and the formation of cornified envelope

Dermatology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-275

  Kikuchi, Katsuko ^a,c   Kobayashi, Hiromi ^a   Hirao, Tetsuji ^b   Ito, Akira ^b   Takahashi, Haruhito ^b   Tagami, Hachiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c Shiseido Sci Research Division ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Interleukin 1; Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist; Moisturizing cream; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; WINTER;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; COLD; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OINTMENTS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; REJUVENATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142227852     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073089     Document Type: Article

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