Upregulation of connexin 26 between keratinocytes of psoriatic lesions

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-76

  Labarthe, Marie Pierre ^a   Bosco, Domenico ^a   Saurat, Jean Hilaire ^a   Meda, Paolo ^a   Salomon, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; PARAKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSORIASIS; SKIN CELL;

EID: 0031860398     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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