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Impaired stratum corneum hydration in mice lacking epidermal water channel aquaporin-3.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 10 May 2002
Ma Tonghui, Hara Mariko, Sougrat Rachid, Verbavatz Jean-Marc, Verkman A S
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The water and solute transporting properties of the epidermis have been proposed to be important determinants of skin moisture content and barrier properties. The water/small solute-transporting protein aquaporin-3 (AQP3) was found by immunofluorescence and immunogold electron microscopy to be ex...
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