Interleukin-4 depresses levels of transcripts for acid-sphingomyelinase and glucocerebrosidase and the amount of ceramide in acetone-wounded epidermis, as demonstrated in a living skin equivalent

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-47

  Hatano, Yutaka ^a   Katagiri, Kazumoto ^a   Arakawa, Shoko ^a   Fujiwara, Sakuhei ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrier disruption; Ceramide; Epidermis; IL 4; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; INTERLEUKIN 4; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; TH2 CELL; WOUND;

ACETONE; CERAMIDES; EPIDERMIS; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; WATER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34249989746     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.02.010     Document Type: Letter

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