Table 6.

The relative level of the mRNA of sHPA elements in the dermis, epidermis and representative skin cell lines. The fold changes were converted into percentages and the results for the full thickness skin were used as a reference (100%)

Variable	CRH	UCN1	UCN2	UCN3	POMC	MC1R	MC4R	NR3C1	Average
Whole skin (control)	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Epidermis	0.01%	80.00%	100.00%	6.00%	200.00%	20.00%	0.20%	100.00%	63.28%
HaCaT	0.04%	300.00%	200.00%	20.00%	20.00%	1.00%	0.10%	300.00%	105.14%
HDF	0.01%	0.20%	100.00%	0.08%	200.00%	40.00%	0.50%	20.00%	45.10%*
HMC-1	0.10%	2000.00%	200.00%	30.00%	200.00%	100.00%	4.00%	500.00%	379.26%*
Average	20.03%	496.04%	140.00%	31.22%	144.00%	52.20%	20.96%	204.00%

^*p < 0.05.