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Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Petrolatum on Skin Barrier Function and Microtopography. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Clin Med
Rubio-Santoyo A   +5 more
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Cutaneous Barriers and Skin Immunity

2021
The skin barrier provides us with several lines of protection from outside hazards. Its most outward layers, the stratum corneum and the epidermis seal our body with an acidic, dry, and rather cool surface, hostile to microbes. Yet, there are also fine-tuned interactions between the mostly commensal microbiota on top of the skin surface, with ...
Köberle, M.   +4 more
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The Skin-Brain Barrier

Archives of Dermatology, 1961
All of us will recall the concept of the blood-brain barrier from medical school days. Since then, the selective permeability of cerebral capillaries has been adequately demonstrated. It appears that a highly fortunate filter exists, which protects the neuron from a few of the circulating poisons arising from within or without.
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Skin barrier dysfunction and filaggrin

Archives of Pharmacal Research, 2021
Skin barrier dysfunction caused by endogenous or exogenous factors can lead to various disorders such as xerosis cutis, ichthyoses, and atopic dermatitis. Filaggrin is a pivotal structural protein of the stratum corneum (SC) and provides natural moisturizing factors that play a role in skin barrier functions.
Yeonjoon Kim, Kyung-Min Lim
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Barrier creams – skin protectants: can you protect skin?

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2002
Barrier creams (BC) are used in hand care to protect the user against damage from surfactants and other irritants; their clinical value remains debatable; some reports indicate that inappropriate BC application might induce a deleterious rather than a beneficial effect.
H, Zhai, H I, Maibach
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Moisturization and skin barrier function

Dermatologic Therapy, 2004
Over the past decade, great progress has been made toward elucidating the structure and function of the stratum corneum (SC), the outermost layer of the epidermis. SC cells (corneocytes) protect against desiccation and environmental challenge by regulating water flux and retention.
A V, Rawlings, C R, Harding
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The skin: an indispensable barrier

Experimental Dermatology, 2008
Abstract:  The skin forms an effective barrier between the organism and the environment preventing invasion of pathogens and fending off chemical and physical assaults, as well as the unregulated loss of water and solutes. In this review we provide an overview of several components of the physical barrier, explaining how barrier function is regulated ...
Ehrhardt, Proksch   +2 more
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The skin's barrier.

Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia : organo ufficiale, Societa italiana di dermatologia e sifilografia, 2010
The skin provides an effective barrier between the organism and the environment, preventing the invasion of pathogens and fending off chemical and physical assaults, as well as the unregulated loss of water and solutes. In this review we provide an overview of several components of the physical barrier, as well as how barrier function is regulated and ...
J M, Jensen, E, Proksch
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