Table of Content
PART I. Structure of the Skin 1. Structure of the Skin George F. Odland 2. Structure and Function of the Developing Human Skin, Karen A. Holbrook PART II. Biology and Biochemistry of the Epidermis SECTION A. Epidermal Structural Proteins 3. Molecular and Cellular Biology of Keratins, Peter M. Steinert, Irwin M. Freedberg 4. Proteins of Keratohyalin, Katheryn A. Resing, Beverly A. Dale 5. The Cell Envelope and Transglutaminases, Renata R. Polakowska, Lowell A. Goldsmith SECTION B. Structure and Function of Epidermal Lipids 6. Epidermal Lipids, Philip W. Wertz, Donald T. Downing SECTION C. Control and Integration of Epidermal Function 7. The Cell Proliferation Kinetics of the Epidermis, Robin Dover, Nicholas A. Wright 8. Regulation of Keratinocyte Growth and Differentiation: Interactive Signal Transduction Pathways, James T. Elder, Gary J. Fisher, Elizabeth A. Duell, Knud Kragballe, John J. Voorhees 9. Calcium: A Second Messenger, Janet A. Fairley 10. Epidermal Growth Factor and Transforming Growth Factor, Lloyd E. King, Christa M. Stoscheck, Ronald E. Gates, Lillian N. Nanney 11. Transforming Growth Factor-B and Other Growth Factors, Mark R. Pittelkow, Robert J. Coffey, Jr., Harold L. Moses 12. Intrinsic Biology of Retinoids in the Skin, Peter J. A. Davies, James P. Basilion, Anne R. Haake 13. Cutaneous DNA Damage and Repair, Peter Maimon Ross, D. Martin Carter 14. Carbohydrate Metabolism of Epidermis, Ruth K. Freinkel 15. Proteinase Metabolism in Human Skin: The Role of Plasminogen Activator and Mast Cell Proteinases in Cutaneous Biology, Gerald S. Lazarus, Norman Schechter, Pamela Jensen, Jorma Fraki PART III. Dermal Macromolecules and Their Metabolism 16. Collagen, Richard J. Wenstrup, Saood Murad, Sheldon R. Pinnell 17. Collagenase, Eugene A. Bauer, Gregory I. Goldberg, Arthur Z. Eisen, Howard G. Welgus 18. Elastic Fibers of the Connective Tissue, Jouni Uitto, Michael Fazio, Muhammad Bashir, Joel Rosenbloom 19. Proteoglycans: Modular Macromolecules of the Extracellular Matrix, P.F. Goetinck, N. Winterbottom 20. Cutaneous Wound Repair, Richard A.F. Clark 21. Mechanical Properties of the Skin, Ronald Marks PART IV. Cutaneous Appendages 22. The Structural Proteins of Hair: Isolation, Characterization and Regulation of Biosynthesis, J. Morton Gillespie 23. Hormones and Hair Growth, F. John G. Ebling, Patricia A. Hale, Valerie A. Randall 24. The Nail, Howard P. Baden, Joseph C. Kvedar 25. Sebaceous Glands, John S. Strauss, Donald T. Downing, F. John Ebling, Mary Ellen Stewart 26. Eccrine Sweat Glands, K. Sato, W.H. Kang, F. Sato 27. Apocrine Sweat Glands, David Robertshaw PART V. Neurological Systems and Communication in the Skin 28. Cutaneous Sensation, Bruce Lynn 29. Neuropeptides and the Skin, Joel E. Bernstein 30. The Biology of Merkel Cells, Bryce L. Munger 31. Intercellular Communication via Gap Junctions, Fiona M. Watt PART VI. Radiation in the Skin 32. Biochemistry and Physiology of Melanin Pigmentation, Kowichi Jimbow, Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Michael M. Wick 33. Nonionizing Radiation and the Skin, Christopher R. Shea, John A. Parrish 34. Photobiology, Physiology, and Clinical Applications for Vitamin D, Michael F. Holick 35. Photosensitization by Porphyrins, David R. Bickers 36. Radiobiology of the Skin, Frederick D. Malkinson, Wayne R. Hanson PART VII. Principles of Cutaneous Pathophysiology (Altered Skin Function) SECTION A. Cutaneous Vascular System 37.
