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Fig. 11.1 Cytoplasmic malonyl-CoA decarboxylase assures that acetyl-CoA and methylmalonyl-CoA are the only substrate available for FAS The cytoplasmic malonyl-CoA decarboxylase has been purified, its cDNA has been cloned and…

Fig. 2.1 Histology of pigmented skin, plastic embedded, semi-thick sections stained with Toluidine blue. (SB Stratum basale; SS Stratum spinosum; SG Stratum sranulosum; SC Stratum corneum) Stratum Basale (SB) The…

Fig. 3.1 Historical timeline of skin barrier research. Adapted from Norlén (2013), with permission In the 1940s, Winsor and Burch (1944) showed, by sandpapering the skin surface, that the skin’s…

Fig. 17.1 12R-LOX and eLOX-3 act in sequence to form R-enantiomeric epoxyalcohols. The dioxygenase 12R-LOX converts PUFA containing a cis-cis-pentadiene structure to the corresponding R-hydroperoxide which in turn is converted…

Fig. 14.1 Facial preadipocytes are more responsive to rosiglitazone-containing differentiation compositions, relative to abdominal preadipocytes. Human facial and abdominal preadipocytes in control media (CD, insulin, dexamethasone, and IBMX), or CD…

Fig. 8.1 Original figure of Günter Stüttgen’s publication (1964). adrenerg.  adrenergic, cholinerg.  cholinergic, Enzym. Akt. (Leber)  enzyme activity in the liver, Ganglien  ganglia, Gefässe  vessels, Haut skin, Keimdrüsen  sexual glands,…

Fig. 23.1 Sebaceous lipogenesis is dependent on the fatty acids available. While unsaturated ω3 and ω6 fatty acids are essential, ω9 can be synthetized by the sebaceous glands. The saturated/unsaturated…

Fig. 24.1 Structures and nomenclature of ceramides (CER) in human stratum corneum (SC). (Note: this research was originally published in J. Lipid Res. (Masukawa et al. 2008). © the American…

Fig. 6.1 Epidermal LBs A paucity of cholesterol adversely affects the assembly of epidermal lamellar granules, which originate from the Golgi complex. This results in LBs with an abnormal morphology,…