Atopic dermatitis and the stratum corneum - Part 1: The role of filaggrin in the stratum corneum barrier and atopic skin

Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 16-22

  Levin, Jacquelyn ^a   Friedlander, Sheila Fallon ^b   Del Rosso, James Q ^c  

^a Largo Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FILAGGRIN; LIPID; PROFILAGGRIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID MEMBRANE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRATUM CORNEUM; UPREGULATION; WOUND HEALING; XEROSIS;

EID: 84886739838     PISSN: 19412789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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