The structure and function of the stratum corneum

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-9

  Menon, Gopinathan K ^a   Cleary, Gary W ^b   Lane, Majella E ^c  

^a ASI Corporation   (United States)

^b Cyterion Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrier repair; Biophysical tools; Function; Genetic factors; Stratum corneum; Structure

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEREDITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84864288846     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2012.06.005     Document Type: Review

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