Stratum corneum lipid profile and maturation pattern of corneocytes in the outermost layer of fresh scars: The presence of immature corneocytes plays a much more important role in the barrier dysfunction than do changes in intercellular lipids

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 749-756

  Kunii, T ^a   Hirao, T ^b   Kikuchi, K ^a   Tagami, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Cornified envelope; Scar; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE 1; CERAMIDE 3; CERAMIDE 4; CERAMIDE 7; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CORNEOCYTE; CORNIFIED ENVELOPE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN SCAR; SKIN WATER LOSS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STAINING; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CICATRIX; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0242550846     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05545.x     Document Type: Article

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