Origin of 7-dehydrocholesterol (Provitamin D) in the skin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2139-2141

  Glossmann, Hartmut H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; COLECALCIFEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; STATIN;

CATALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 77954762640     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.118     Document Type: Letter

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