A plaidoyer for cutaneous enzymology: Our view of some important unanswered questions on the contributions of selected key enzymes to epidermal homeostasis

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 569-578

  Wood, John M ^a   Schallreuter, Karin U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Epidermis; Human; Mechanisms; Pteridins

Indexed keywords

6 METHYLTETRAHYDROPTERIN; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCIUM; CATALASE; CHOLINESTERASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DIHYDROPTERIDINE REDUCTASE; FURIN; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE A; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE B; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENYLALANINE 4 MONOOXYGENASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOLISTIC CARE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOPTERIN; CALCIUM; EPIDERMIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 44949133102     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00754.x     Document Type: Review

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