Overexpression of amphiregulin, a major autocrine growth factor for cultured human keratinocytes, in hyperproliferative skin diseases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-171

  Piepkorn, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Psoriasis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AMPHIREGULIN; GROWTH FACTOR;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN TUMOR; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOPLASM; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATOSIS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PSORIASIS; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS; UP-REGULATION; WARTS;

EID: 0029919734     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199604000-00010     Document Type: Article

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