November 2018
Volume 59Issue 11p2037-2254
Open Access
COVER: Babies are born with a white waxy coating called vernix caseosa, which starts to
be formed in utero. It protects the fetus from the amniotic fluid and aids post-birth
adaptation of a newborn’s skin. We have used multi-stage chromatography and mass spectrometry
to comprehensively characterize non-hydroxylated 1-O-acylceramides as a new class of lipids in vernix caseosa. (See Harazim et al., p.2164.)...Show more
COVER: Babies are born with a white waxy coating called vernix caseosa, which starts to
be formed in utero. It protects the fetus from the amniotic fluid and aids post-birth
adaptation of a newborn’s skin. We have used multi-stage chromatography and mass spectrometry
to comprehensively characterize non-hydroxylated 1-O-acylceramides as a new class of lipids in vernix caseosa. (See Harazim et al., p.2164.)
