Comparison of rat epidermal keratinocyte organotypic culture (ROC) with intact human skin: Lipid composition and thermal phase behavior of the stratum corneum

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1778, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 824-834

  Pappinen, Sari ^a   Hermansson, Martin ^b   Kuntsche, Judith ^a,c   Somerharju, Pentti ^b   Wertz, Philip ^d   Urtti, Arto ^a,e   Suhonen, Marjukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

DSC; Lipid composition; Reconstructed epidermis; ROC; Stratum corneum; TLC

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYACID; CERAMIDE; HYDROXYACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG PENETRATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN IRRITATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CERAMIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; TEMPERATURE;

RATTUS;

EID: 40949164632     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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