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Dermatology Research and Practice
Volume 2010, Article ID 789729, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/789729
Research Article

Antenatal Corticosteroids and Postnatal Fluid Restriction Produce Differential Effects on AQP3 Expression, Water Handling, and Barrier Function in Perinatal Rat Epidermis

Johan Agren,1 Sergey Zelenin,2 Lill-Britt Svensson,2 Lene N. Nejsum,3 Soren Nielsen,3 Anita Aperia,2 and Gunnar Sedin1

1Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
2Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
3The Water and Salt Research Center, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark

Received 20 August 2010; Accepted 31 October 2010

Academic Editor: D. J. Tobin

Copyright © 2010 Johan Agren et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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