Dietary glucosylceramide is absorbed into the lymph and increases levels of epidermal sphingolipids

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-222

  Ishikawa, Junko ^a   Takada, Shingo ^a   Hashizume, Kojiro ^a   Takagi, Yutaka ^a   Hotta, Mitsuyuki ^a   Masukawa, Yoshinori ^a   Kitahara, Takashi ^a   Mizutani, Yukiko ^b   Igarashi, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption; Diet; Epidermal sphingolipid; Glucosylceramide; Thoracic lymph fluid

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CERAMIDE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOLIPID; TRIOLEIN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIRLESS MOUSE; LETTER; LYMPH FLOW; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STRATUM CORNEUM; THORACIC DUCT;

ANIMALS; DIET; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 70449518103     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-1811(09)00315-6     Document Type: Letter

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