A simple immunofluorescence technique for simultaneous visualization of mast cells and nerve fibers reveals selectivity and hair cycle-dependent changes in mast cell-nerve fiber contacts in murine skin

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 289, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 292-302

  Botchkarev, Vladimir A ^a   Eichmüller, Stefan ^a   Peters, Eva M J ^a   Pietsch, Peter ^a   Johansson, Olle ^b   Maurer, Marcus ^a   Paus, Ralf ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avidin; Hair cycle; Mast cell; Nerve fibers; Neuropeptides; Skin

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHIONINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PICRIC ACID; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HAIR GROWTH; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAST CELL; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AVIDIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL COMMUNICATION; COUMARINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HAIR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE FIBERS; RHODAMINES; SKIN; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0030755642     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050195     Document Type: Article

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