MHC class I expression in murine skin: Developmentally controlled and strikingly restricted intraepithelial expression during hair follicle morphogenesis and cycling, and response to cytokine treatment in vivo

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Rückert, René ^a   Hofmann, Udo ^a   Van Der Veen, Carina ^a   Bulfone Paus, Silvia ^b   Paus, Ralf ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; IFN ; IL 1 ; Immune privilege; Qa 1; Qa 2; TAP 1; TNF ; MSH

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR ROOT; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031832566     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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