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Five Functional Aspects of the Epidermal Barrier

The epidermis is a living, multilayered barrier with five functional levels, including a physical, a chemical, a microbial, a neuronal, and an immune level. Altogether, this complex organ contributes to protect the host from external aggression and to preserve its integrity. In this review, we focus...

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Autores principales: Lefèvre-Utile, Alain, Braun, Camille, Haftek, Marek, Aubin, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8583944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34769105
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111676
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author Lefèvre-Utile, Alain
Braun, Camille
Haftek, Marek
Aubin, François
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description The epidermis is a living, multilayered barrier with five functional levels, including a physical, a chemical, a microbial, a neuronal, and an immune level. Altogether, this complex organ contributes to protect the host from external aggression and to preserve its integrity. In this review, we focused on the different functional aspects.
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spelling pubmed-85839442021-11-12 Five Functional Aspects of the Epidermal Barrier Lefèvre-Utile, Alain Braun, Camille Haftek, Marek Aubin, François Int J Mol Sci Review The epidermis is a living, multilayered barrier with five functional levels, including a physical, a chemical, a microbial, a neuronal, and an immune level. Altogether, this complex organ contributes to protect the host from external aggression and to preserve its integrity. In this review, we focused on the different functional aspects. MDPI 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8583944/ /pubmed/34769105 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111676 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Five Functional Aspects of the Epidermal Barrier
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title_fullStr Five Functional Aspects of the Epidermal Barrier
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8583944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34769105
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111676
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