| Literature DB >> 3158712 |
P W Wertz, M C Miethke, S A Long, J S Strauss, D T Downing.
Abstract
Human epidermal surface lipids were collected by an ethanol wash and the ceramides were quantified by thin-layer chromatography-photodensitometry. Six ceramide fractions were isolated and the structural components of each were analyzed in detail. The most unusual of the epidermal ceramides contained a sphingosine base with amide-linked 30- and 32-carbon omega-hydroxyacids and an ester-linked nonhydroxyacid, 41% of which was linoleic acid. The proportion of linoleic acid in the analogous ceramide from comedones was 6%. This supports the hypothesis that a localized insufficiency of linoleic acid in the follicular epithelium is an etiologic factor in comedogenesis.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 1985 PMID: 3158712 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12265510
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Invest Dermatol ISSN: 0022-202X Impact factor: 8.551