Micron-scale assessment of molecular lipid organization in human stratum corneum using microprobe X-ray diffraction

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2380-2388

  Doucet, Jean ^a,b   Potter, Anne ^c   Baltenneck, Carine ^c   Domanov, Yegor A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Phi Axis   (France)

^c L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Ceramide; Domains; Heterogeneity; Imaging; Intercellular lipid lamellae; Microdiffraction

Indexed keywords

LIPID; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MICROANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; STRATUM CORNEUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; EPIDERMIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SOLVENTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84912116008     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M053389     Document Type: Article

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