| Literature DB >> 25573043 |
Ryan F L O'Shaughnessy1, Sara J Brown2.
Abstract
The epidermis is a relatively hypoxic tissue, despite being continually exposed to air. The role of hypoxia in epidermal differentiation and skin barrier function is incompletely understood. In this issue, Wong et al. show that hypoxia-inducible factors are central to the processes of epidermal differentiation and barrier formation, in particular by promoting the expression of the key skin barrier protein filaggrin.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25573043 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.457
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Invest Dermatol ISSN: 0022-202X Impact factor: 8.551