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The role of fatty acid elongation in epidermal structure and function

Heterogeneous molecular species of epidermal ceramide (Cer) play critical roles in forming a competent permeability barrier of lamellar membrane structures in the stratum corneum, which is a prerequisite to preventing excess water loss for terrestrial mammals. Lipids containing very long chain lengt...

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Autor principal: Uchida, Yoshikazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21695014
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/derm.3.2.14662