Evidence of heterogeneity and quantitative differences of the type 1 5α-reductase expression in cultured human skin cells - Evidence of its presence in melanocytes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-89

  Chen, Wenchieh ^a   Zouboulis, Christos C ^a   Fritsch, Martin ^a   Blume Peytavi, Ulrike ^a   Kodelja, Vitam ^a   Goerdt, Sergij ^a   Luu The, Van ^b   Orfanos, Constantin E ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Skin cell cultures

Indexed keywords

STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TYPE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031886607     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00080.x     Document Type: Chapter

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