Stratum corneum pH in atopic dermatitis: Impact on skin barrier function and colonization with Staphylococcus aureus

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 217-223

  Rippke, Frank ^a   Schreiner, Volker ^a   Doering, Thomas ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; AMINO ACID; BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; FATTY ACID; FIBRONECTIN; FILAGGRIN; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; LACTIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; OLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTON PUMP; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPHINGOSINE; UROCANIC ACID;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY SKIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FOREARM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LAMELLAR BODY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN WATER LOSS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWEATING;

DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 4344659169     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200405040-00002     Document Type: Review

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