Filaggrin and the great epidermal barrier grief

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-74

  McGrath, John A ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopy; Cornified cell envelope; Dermatitis; Eczema; Epidermal differentiation; Ichthyosis

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRANULAR CELL; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; KERATINOCYTE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PROTECTION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDERMIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KERATINOCYTES; MUTATION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 42149098879     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Review

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