Processes in Cutaneous Epidermal Differentiation: Proceedings of the United States-Japan Joint Seminar, 1985

by I. A. Bernstein

Overview

This comprehensive volume, which brings together outstanding investigators of cutaneous epidermal differentiation, contributes to a general appreciation of the modulation of gene action and provides valuable insights into the causes of certain cutaneous pathologies that involve abnormal epidermal differentiation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275924065
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/13/1987
Pages:	406
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

I. A. BERNSTEIN is Professor in the School of Public Health and is Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry, at the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Medical School, respectively.

T. HIRONE is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Kanazawa University.

Table of Contents

Preface
DNA Flow Cytometry of Normal Human Epidermis: Age and Regional Variations
Biochemical Aspects of Nucleotides in Normal and Hyperkeratotic Epidermis: Nucleoside Phosphate Kinase and DNA Polymerase
Coonditions for Formation of Hemidesmosomes in Vitro
The Biological Significance of Fatty Acid Turbanover in Keratinocyte Proliferation and Differentiation
Membrane Differentiation in Human Keratinocytes: Ultrastructural Studies by Using Conventional and Label-Freeze-Fracturing
Analysis of Epidermal, Nail and Hair Low-Sulfur Keratins by Electrophoresis and Proteinase Degradtion
An Abnormal Cystine-Rich Granule Formation in Palmoplantar Keratoderma Epidermis
Structural Implications of the Primary Sequences of Keratin and Other Intermediate Filaments
Possible Involvement of Limbal Cells in Corneal Epithelial Differentiation: A Unifying Model
Use of Filaggrin as a Model Substrate for Epidermal Kinases and Phosphatases
The Role of Skin Sulfhydryl Oxidase in the Keratinization Process-Localization and Activation Mechanisms
Monoclonal Antibody Detection of Nuclear Proteins Involved in Granular Cell Protein Synthesis
Comparative Analysis of Cutaneous DNA Repair In Vivo and In VITRO
Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Regulates Non-Mitogenic Functions of Differentiated Mammalian Tissues
Fine Structural Study of Keratinocytes in Human Epidermis Using Cryomicrotomy and Negative Staining
Epidermal Adenylate Cyclase System: Modification of Beta-Adrenergic Response by Glucocorticoids
Oncogenic Properties of Human Keratinocytes Transormed by SV40
Expression of Basement Membrane Zone Antigens by Transplantable Acantholytic Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Cytoskeleton of Cultured Human Epidermal Keratinocytes: Immunoflorescence Studies of Keratin and Actin and Alteration by Oncogenic Virus and Ca2+
Biological Significance of Lipid Peroxidation in Puva
Epidermis: A Site of Drug Metabolism
Environmental Modification of Epidermal Differentiation
Index