Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10764401 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2011 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Primary keratinocytes express the steroid enzymes required for cortisol synthesis. ► Normal primary human keratinocytes can synthesise cortisol. ► Steroidogenic regulators, StAR and MLN64, are expressed in normal epidermis. ► StAR expression is down regulated in eczema and psoriatic epidermis.
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