The barrier function of the skin is primarily located in the stratum corneum (SC), the
outermost layer of the skin. The SC is composed of dead cells with highly organized lipid …

Ceramides are the major lipid constituent of lamellar sheets present in the intercellular
spaces of the stratum corneum. These lamellar sheets are thought to provide the barrier …

Articular cartilage, a connective tissue that provides resistance to compressive forces during
joint movements, has not been examined in detail by conventional Fourier transform infrared …

Synchrotron radiation is a bright source of infrared (IR) photons. It has been exploited in
microscopy, where much smaller areas can be probed, with sizes close to the diffraction …

Skin lipids, compose of sebocyte-, keratinocyte-, and microbe-derived lipids, dramatically
influence skin status by different mechanisms.(I) Physical chemistry function: They are …

The lipids of the topmost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, represent the primary barrier
to molecules penetrating the skin. One approach to overcoming this barrier for the purpose …

The effects of ceramides of natural origin on the gel-fluid and lamellar-inverted hexagonal
phase transitions of phospholipids (mainly dielaidoylphosphatidylethanolamine) have been …

The Singer–Nicolson fluid mosaic model of membrane structure (Singer and Nicolson,
1972) depicting the lipid bilayer as a fluid, homogeneous solvent for membrane proteins has …

The skin consists of the epidermis, dermis and subcutis. The epidermis is primarily
comprised of keratinocytes and is separated into four layers according to the stage of …

The lipid organization in the stratum corneum (SC), plays an important role in the barrier
function of the skin. SC lipids form two lamellar phases with a predominantly orthorhombic …