Human keratinocytes express cellular prion-related protein in vitro and during inflammatory skin diseases

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1353-1358

  Pammer, Johannes ^a   Weninger, Wolfgang ^a   Tschachler, Erwin ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PRION PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

EID: 0031769771     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65720-3     Document Type: Article

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