Citric acid inhibits a bacterial ceramidase and alleviates atopic dermatitis in an animal model

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 611-613

  Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Someno, Tetsuya ^a   Kawada, Manabu ^a   Ikeda, Daishiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL CHEMISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; ceramidase; citric acid; inhibitor; treatment

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDASE; CITRIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CERAMIDASES; CERAMIDES; CITRIC ACID; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MICE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78049236997     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2010.91     Document Type: Article

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