Characterization of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in human skin

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1020-1024

  Slominski, Andrzej ^a   Ermak, Gennady ^c   Mazurkiewicz, Joseph E ^b   Baker, James ^e   Wortsman, Jacobo ^d  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; DEXAMETHASONE; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOWN-REGULATION; FORSKOLIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOMA; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031765439     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.3.1020     Document Type: Article

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