Mechanisms by which psychologic stress alters cutaneous permeability barrier homeostasis and stratum corneum integrity

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 587-595

  Choi, Eung Ho ^a,b,c   Brown, Barbara E ^a,b   Crumrine, Debra ^a,b   Chang, Sandra ^a,b   Man, Mao Qiang ^a,b   Elias, Peter M ^a,b   Feingold, Kenneth R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneodesmosome; Epidermal lipid synthesis; Lamellar body; Stratum corneum integrity; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOGLEIN 1; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; SKIN LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; INSOMNIA; LAMELLAR BODY; LIPOGENESIS; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 15044353754     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23589.x     Document Type: Article

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