Aging enhances maceration-induced ultrastructural alteration of the epidermis and impairment of skin barrier function

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 160-168

  Minematsu, Takeo ^a   Yamamoto, Yuko ^a   Nagase, Takashi ^a   Naito, Ayumi ^a   Takehara, Kimie ^a   Iizaka, Shinji ^a   Komagata, Kazunori ^a   Huang, Lijuan ^a   Nakagami, Gojiro ^a   Akase, Tomoko ^a   Oe, Makoto ^a   Yoshimura, Kotaro ^a   Ishizuka, Tadao ^b   Sugama, Junko ^a,c   Sanada, Hiromi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Jonan Hospital   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Skin barrier function; Skin maceration; Transdermal penetration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS BASAL LAYER; EPIDERMIS STRATUM GERMINATIVUM; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN MACERATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TISSUE EXPANSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN AGING; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 79955886938     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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