Particle-mediated gene delivery and human skin: Ultrastructural observations on stratum corneum barrier structures

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-147

  Menon, G K ^a   Brandsma, J L ^b   Schwartz, P M ^b,c  

^a Avon Products Inc   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwounds; Particle mediated delivery; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EPIDERMIS; EX VIVO STUDY; GENE GUN; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND;

BIOLISTICS; BREAST; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 34249059027     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098165     Document Type: Article

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