Retinoids and carotenoids in dermatology
By: edited by Anders Vahlquist, Madeleine Duvic.
Contributors: Vahlquist, Anders.; Duvic, Madeleine.
Series: Basic and clinical dermatology -- 39
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780849339929
Subjects: Retinoids -- Physiological effect; Retinoids -- Therapeutic use; Carotenoids -- Physiological effect; Carotenoids -- Therapeutic use; Skin -- Diseases -- Chemotherapy; Skin Diseases -- drug therapy; Carotenoids -- pharmacology; Carotenoids -- therapeutic use; Retinoids -- pharmacology; Retinoids -- therapeutic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From carotenoids and vitamin A to retinoids / Rune Blomhoff and Heidi Kiil Blomhoff; title: Animal models for retinoid receptor research: implications for epidermal homeostasis, skin barrier function, wound healing, and atopic dermatitis / Norbert B. Ghyselinck and Pierre Chambon; title: Retinoids and the skin: from vitamin A in human epidermis to the pharmacology of oral retinoids in dermatology / Anders Vahlquist; title: Recent studies on the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of retinoids in the skin / Jens M. Baron, Hans F. Merk, and David R. Bickers; title: Anti-aging effects of retinoids and mechanisms of action / Laure Rittié, Gary J. Fisher, and Christopher E.M. Griffiths; title: Retinoid therapy of acne and sebocyte-related disorders / Gina A. Taylor and Alan R. Shalita; title: Retinoids and retinoic acid metabolism blocking agents in psoriasis / Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof and Christel J. Verfaille; title: Retinoid treatment of the disorders of cornification / John J. DiGiovanna; title: Oral retinoid therapy in children and infants / Ramon Ruiz-Maldonado and Carola Durán-Mckinster; title: Retinoids in cutaneous t-cell lymphomas / Chunlei Zhang and Madeleine Duvic; title: Retinoid therapy and autoimmune skin disease / Amit G. Pandya and Melissa I. Costner; title: Retinoids in the prevention and treatment of skin cancer / Carol R. Drucker; title: Side effects and pitfalls in retinoid therapy / Olivier Sorg, S. Kuenzli, and J.H. Saurat; title: Retinoid-induced hyperlipidemia and the risk of atherosclerosis / Anders Vahlquist; title: Carotenoids and the skin: an overview / Anders Vahlquist; title: Antioxidative effects of carotenoids / Kyung-Jin Yeum and Norman I. Krinsky; title: Beta-carotene in the treatment of skin disorders / Andrea Krautheim and Harald P.M. Gollnick; title: Carotenoids as cancer preventive agents / John S. Bertram; title: Beta-carotene in erythropoietic protoporphyria / Micheline M. Mathews-Roth.