Evidence that stress to the epidermal barrier influenced the development of pigmentation in humans

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-434

  Elias, Peter M ^a   Menon, Gopinathan ^b   Wetzel, Bruce K ^c   Williams, John W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c National Institutes of General Medical Sciences (Retired)   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Barrier function; Melanocytes; Permeability barrier; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 67749084682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00588.x     Document Type: Review

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