Impaired expression of stem cell factor in dermatofibroma fibroblasts

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 257-259

  Yamamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Katayama, Ichiro ^a   Nishioka, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mast cell; SCF mRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORING AGENTS; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; MAST CELLS; MELANOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030057778     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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