Tight junctions in epidermis: From barrier to keratinization

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-17

  Morita, Kazumasa ^a   Miyachi, Yoshiki ^b   Furuse, Mikio ^c  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrier; Claudin; Keratinization; Occludin; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN 11; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; CLAUDIN 5; INVOLUCRIN; LORICRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; PROFILAGGRIN; CLAUDIN 1;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HYPERKERATOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TIGHT JUNCTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLAUDINS; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 79957493955     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1192     Document Type: Review

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