Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10764401 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Primary keratinocytes express the steroid enzymes required for cortisol synthesis. ⺠Normal primary human keratinocytes can synthesise cortisol. ⺠Steroidogenic regulators, StAR and MLN64, are expressed in normal epidermis. ⺠StAR expression is down regulated in eczema and psoriatic epidermis.
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Authors
Rosalind F. Hannen, Anthony E. Michael, Adil Jaulim, Ranjit Bhogal, Jacky M. Burrin, Michael P. Philpott,