Decreased lactate and potassium levels in natural moisturizing factor from the stratum corneum of mild atopic dermatitis patients are involved with the reduced hydration state

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-159

  Sugawara, Tomoko ^a   Kikuchi, Katsuko ^b   Tagami, Hachiro ^b   Aiba, Sestuya ^b   Sakai, Shingo ^a  

^a KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Lactate; Natural moisuturizing factor; Stratum corneum; Sweat

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; FILAGGRIN; LACTIC ACID; NATURAL MOISTURIZING FACTOR; POTASSIUM; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MALE; MOISTURE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN SURFACE; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWEAT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BODY WATER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDERMIS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; POTASSIUM; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; SODIUM; SWEAT; UREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859734703     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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