Dr. Peter Michael Elias M.D.
Dermatologist
4150 Clement St Dermatology Service San Francisco CA, 94121About
Dr. Peter Elias is a dermatologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Elias specializes in skin care. Dermatologists evaluate and manage both common and uncommon skin conditions. These conditions include acne, psoriasis, warts, skin infections, atopic dermatitis, herpes simplex and more. Dermatologists are also experts in more complex skin diseases like impetigo, hidradenitis and milaria. Dr. Elias diagnoses skin problems and develops unique treatments plans for each individual patient.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1967
University of California 1967
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- Dermatopathology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Leptin modulates the effects of acyl CoA:diacylglycerol acyltransferase deficiency on murine fur and sebaceous glands.
- The aged epidermal permeability barrier: basis for functional abnormalities.
- Ceramide-dominant barrier repair lipids alleviate childhood atopic dermatitis: changes in barrier function provide a sensitive indicator of disease activity.
- Glucosylceramide synthesis and synthase expression protect against ceramide-induced stress.
- De novo ceramide synthesis participates in the ultraviolet B irradiation-induced apoptosis in undifferentiated cultured human keratinocytes.
- Skin lipids and epidermal differentiation in atopic dermatitis.
- Glycerol regulates stratum corneum hydration in sebaceous gland deficient (asebia) mice.
- pH directly regulates epidermal permeability barrier homeostasis, and stratum corneum integrity/cohesion.
- Enlightened therapy of the disorders of cornification.
- Role for ELOVL3 and fatty acid chain length in development of hair and skin function.
- Lipopenia and skin barrier abnormalities in DGAT2-deficient mice.
- Imiquimod-induced interleukin-1 alpha stimulation improves barrier homeostasis in aged murine epidermis.
- The epidermal permeability barrier: from the early days at Harvard to emerging concepts.
- Structural and functional consequences of loricrin mutations in human loricrin keratoderma (Vohwinkel syndrome with ichthyosis).
- Pathophysiologic basis for growth failure in children with ichthyosis: an evaluation of cutaneous ultrastructure, epidermal permeability barrier function, and energy expenditure.
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