Propiomelanocortin (POMC) gene expression by normal skin and keloid fibroblasts in culture: Modulation by cytokines

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 111-115

  Teofoli, Patrizia ^a,b   Motoki, Kiyohisa ^a   Lotti, Torello M ^c   Uitto, Jouni ^a   Mauviel, Alain ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Keloids; POMC gene expression; TGF ; TNF

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KELOID; KERATINOCYTE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; SKIN;

CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KELOID; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030973484     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1997.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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