Are sweat glands an alternate penetration pathway? Understanding the morphological complexity of the axillary sweat gland apparatus

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-49

  Wilke, K ^a,b   Wepf, R ^a   Keil, F J ^b   Wittern, K P ^a   Wenck, H ^a   Biel, S S ^a  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apocrine gland; Apoeccrine gland; Eccrine gland; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Skin appendages; Skin barrier

Indexed keywords

CD15 ANTIGEN; CLAUDIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; F ACTIN; GLOBULIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; MILK FAT; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; AXILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN PENETRATION; SWEAT GLAND; TIGHT JUNCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, CD15; ANTIGENS, CD44; APOCRINE GLANDS; AXILLA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ECCRINE GLANDS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 28744440091     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089142     Document Type: Article

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