The epidermal vitamin D system and innate immunity: some more light shed on this unique photoendocrine system?

Dermatology. 2008;217(1):7-11. doi: 10.1159/000118506. Epub 2008 Feb 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / immunology
  • Cathelicidins
  • Epidermis / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate / physiology*
  • Keratinocytes / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Calcitriol / metabolism
  • Skin / immunology
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Skin Diseases / metabolism
  • Skin Diseases / therapy
  • Toll-Like Receptors / immunology
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Vitamin D / immunology
  • Vitamin D / metabolism*
  • Wound Healing / physiology

Substances

  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Receptors, Calcitriol
  • Toll-Like Receptors
  • Vitamin D
  • Cathelicidins