homeostasis/metabolism
• transepidermal water loss is increased in newborns, indicating that inside-out barrier is slightly compromised
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integument
• transepidermal water loss is increased in newborns, indicating that inside-out barrier is slightly compromised
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• skin shows reduced desmosome numbers and size
• desmosomes have an irregular morphology, with a faint, kinked desmoglea and with plaques appearing less dense with less keratin filaments attached
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• relative thickness of the basal and spinous layers is 74% of wild-type
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• the granular layer appears thinner, with cells that have less and smaller keratohyalin granules
• relative thickness of the granular layer is 49% of wild-type
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• relative thickness of the basal and spinous layers is 74% of wild-type
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• newborns exhibit a thinner epidermis, with relative thickness of the epidermis being 67% of wild-type epidermis
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• E17.5 mutants show dye penetration almost all over their surface indicating defective epidermal barrier formation, however by E18.5, epidermal barrier is normal and no dye penetration is seen
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