Improvement of epidermal barrier properties in cultured skin substitutes after grafting onto athymic mice

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-28

  Barai, Namrata D ^a   Supp, Andrew P ^b   Kasting, Gerald B ^a,d   Visscher, Marty O ^c   Boyce, Steven T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier permeability; Cultured skin substitutes; Niacinamide flux; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NIACINAMIDE; PERMEABILITY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33845736916     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096168     Document Type: Article

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