Loss of ceramide synthase 3 causes lethal skin barrier disruption

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 586-608

  Jennemann, Richard ^a   Rabionet, Mariona ^a   Gorgas, Karin ^b   Epstein, Sharon ^c   Dalpke, Alexander ^b   Rothermel, Ulrike ^a   Bayerle, Aline ^a   van der hoeven, Franciscus ^a   Imgrund, Silke ^d   Kirsch, Joachim ^b   Nickel, Walter ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^d   Riezman, Howard ^c   Gröne, Hermann Josef ^a   Sandhoff, Roger ^a,e  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e MANNHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE SYNTHASE 3; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERKERATOSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LAMELLAR BODY; LETHALITY; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CERAMIDES; EPIDERMIS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, LETHAL; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPHINGOSINE N-ACYLTRANSFERASE; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MUS;

EID: 84855916623     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr494     Document Type: Article

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