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Gopinathan K. Menon is affiliated with the California Academy of Sciences in the United States, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields, including Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Dermatology, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main research topics include Skin and Cellular Biology Research, Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, Skin Protection and Aging, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, and Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Gopinathan K. Menon are:

  • "Cetacean epidermal specialization: A review" (2022) published in Anatomia Histologia Embryologia
  • "Will Electronic Skins Be the Next Miraculous Skin Care Devices?" (2023) published in Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Frequent collaborators in Menon's research include Peter M. Elias, Joan S. Wakefield, Mitsuhiro Denda, Debra Crumrine, and Bar Schwartz.

Menon has published multiple times in notable journals, with frequent publications in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, as well as contributions to Anatomia Histologia Embryologia and Cosmetics.

Best Publications

  • Structural and Lipid Biochemical Correlates of the Epidermal Permeability Barrier

    Peter M. Elias;Gopinathan K. Menon;Gopinathan K. Menon

  • Ionic calcium reservoirs in mammalian epidermis: ultrastructural localization by ion-capture cytochemistry.

    Gopinathan K. Menon;Stephen Grayson;Peter M. Elias

  • Lamellar body secretory response to barrier disruption.

    Gopinathan K Menon;Kenneth R Feingold;Kenneth R Feingold;Peter M Elias;Peter M Elias

  • Consequences of beta-glucocerebrosidase deficiency in epidermis. Ultrastructure and permeability barrier alterations in Gaucher disease.

    W M Holleran;E I Ginns;G K Menon;J U Grundmann

  • New insights into skin structure: scratching the surface.

    Gopinathan K Menon

  • Membrane structures in normal and essential fatty acid-deficient stratum corneum: characterization by ruthenium tetroxide staining and x-ray diffraction

    Sui Yuen E Hou;Alok K Mitra;Stephen H White;Gopinathan K Menon

  • Processing of epidermal glucosylceramides is required for optimal mammalian cutaneous permeability barrier function.

    Walter M. Holleran;I Yutaka Takagi;Gopinathan K. Menon;I Gunter Legler

  • Barrier function regulates epidermal lipid and DNA synthesis

    E. Proksch;W.M. Holleran;G.K. Menon;P.M. Elias

  • De novo sterologenesis in the skin. II. Regulation by cutaneous barrier requirements.

    Gopinathan K. Menon;Kenneth R. Feingold;Arthur H. Moser;Barbara E. Brown

  • Sphingolipids are required for mammalian epidermal barrier function. Inhibition of sphingolipid synthesis delays barrier recovery after acute perturbation.

    W M Holleran;M Q Man;W N Gao;G K Menon

  • Calcium and potassium are important regulators of barrier homeostasis in murine epidermis.

    Seung Hun Lee;P. M. Elias;E. Proksch;G. K. Menon

  • Ultrastructural localization of calcium in psoriatic and normal human epidermis.

    Gopinathan K. Menon;Peter M. Elias

  • Cholesterol synthesis is required for cutaneous barrier function in mice

    K R Feingold;M Q Man;G K Menon;S S Cho

  • Sonophoresis. II. Examination of the mechanism(s) of ultrasound-enhanced transdermal drug delivery.

    D. Bommannan;Gopinathan K. Menon;Gopinathan K. Menon;Hirohisa Okuyama;Peter M. Elias;Peter M. Elias

  • Localization of calcium in murine epidermis following disruption and repair of the permeability barrier.

    Gopinathan K. Menon;Peter M. Elias;Peter M. Elias;Seung Hun Lee;Seung Hun Lee;Kenneth R. Feingold;Kenneth R. Feingold

  • Selective Obliteration of the Epidermal Calcium Gradient Leads to Enhanced Lamellar Body Secretion

    Gopinathan K Menon;Lisa F Price;Bommi Bommannan;Peter M Elias

  • Formation and functions of the corneocyte lipid envelope (CLE).

    Peter M. Elias;Peter M. Elias;Robert Gruber;Debra Crumrine;Gopinathan Menon

  • Cytochemical and Biochemical Localization of Lipase and Sphingomyelinase Activity in Mammalian Epidermis

    Gopinathan K Menon;Gopinathan K Menon;Stephen Grayson;Stephen Grayson;Peter M Elias;Peter M Elias

  • Basis for abnormal desquamation and permeability barrier dysfunction in RXLI.

    Peter M. Elias;Debra Crumrine;Ulrich Rassner;Jean-Pierre Hachem

  • Morphologic basis for a pore-pathway in mammalian stratum corneum.

    Gopinathan K. Menon;Peter M. Elias

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Elias
Peter M. Elias University of California, San Francisco
Kenneth R. Feingold
Kenneth R. Feingold University of California, San Francisco
Barbara E. Brown
Barbara E. Brown University of California, San Francisco
Walter M. Holleran
Walter M. Holleran University of California, San Francisco
Yoshikazu Uchida
Yoshikazu Uchida University of California, San Francisco
Theodora M. Mauro
Theodora M. Mauro University of California, San Francisco
Matthias Schmuth
Matthias Schmuth Innsbruck Medical University
Debra Crumrine
Debra Crumrine University of California, San Francisco
Deyou Zheng
Deyou Zheng Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Edward I. Ginns
Edward I. Ginns University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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