Glucocorticoid blockade reverses psychological stress-induced abnormalities in epidermal structure and function

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Choi, Eung Ho ^a,b   Demerjian, Marianne ^a   Crumrine, Debra ^a   Brown, Barbara E ^a   Mauro, Theodora ^a   Elias, Peter M ^a   Feingold, Kenneth R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Barrier homeostasis; Corticotropin releasing hormone; RU 486; Stratum corneum integrity

Indexed keywords

ANTALARMIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; KERATINOCYTE; LAMELLAR BODY; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; MIFEPRISTONE; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; SKIN DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845416886     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00010.2006     Document Type: Article

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