[eBook Code] Innate Immune System of Skin and Oral Mucosa (eBook Code, 1st)

Preface ix

Contributors xi

Part I Overview of Skin and Muscosal Innate Immunity: History, Ethics, and Science

Chapter 1 Germ Free: Hygiene History and Consuming Antimicrobial and Antiseptic Products 3
Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman and Martha N. Gardner

Chapter 2 Ethical Responsibilities in Formulating, Marketing, and Using Antimicrobial Personal Products 43
Kenneth A. Richman

Chapter 3 Role of Stratum Corneum in Permeability Barrier Function and Antimicrobial Defense 59
Peter M. Elias

Part II Antimicrobial Lipids and Peptides

Chapter 4 Antimicrobial Lipids of the Skin and Oral Mucosa 75
Kim A. Brogden, David R. Drake, Deborah V. Dawson, Jennifer R. Hill, Carol L. Bratt, and Philip W. Wertz

Chapter 5 Resident Microflora and Antimicrobial Peptides of Skin 83
Shamim A. Ansari

Chapter 6 Defensins 109
Neelam Muizzudin

Chapter 7 Antimicrobial Peptides of Skin and Oral Mucosa 117
Whasun O. Chung and Henrik Dommisch

Chapter 8 Vernix Caseosa and Innate Immunity 145
Steven B. Hoath, Vivek Narendran, and Marty O. Visscher

Part III Host Cellular Components of Innate Immunity

Chapter 9 Sentinel Role of Mast Cells in Innate Immunity 173
Zhenping Wang and Anna Di Nardo

Chapter 10 Cellular Immunity of the Skin: Langerhans Cells and Dendritic Cells 195
Karen E. Burke and Niroshana Anandasabapathy

Part IV Innate Immunity Response to Stress and Aging

Chapter 11 Changes in Skin Immunity with Age and Disease 217
Barbara Geusens, Iles Mollet, Chris D. Anderson, Sarah Terras, Michael S. Roberts, and Jo Lambert

Chapter 12 Epidermis as a Sheild from Radiation and Oxidative Stress 259
Giuseppe Valacchi

Chapter 13 The Impact of the Skin’s Innate Immunity by Cosmetic Products Applied to the Skin and Scalp 275
Rudranath Persaud and Thomas Re

Chapter 14 UV-Induced Immunosuppression of Skin 281
Roger L. McMullen

Part V Innate Immunity Microbial Challenges

Chapter 15 Deranged Antimicrobial Barrier in Atopic Dermatitis: Roles of Sphingosine, Hexadecenoic Acid, and Beta-Defensine-2 307
Gangi Imokawa

Chapter 16 Resident Microflora of the Skin and Oral Mucosa 325
David R. Drake

Chapter 17 Corynebacterium Species and Their Role in the Generation of Human Malodor 333
Carol L. Bratt and Nava Dayan

Index 351