Psoriatic keratinocytes express high levels of nerve growth factor

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 84-86

  Raychaudhuri, Siba P ^a   Jiang, Wen Yue ^a   Farber, Eugene M ^a  

^a Psoriasis Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenic inflammation; NGF; Pathogenesis; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATINOCYTE; LICHEN PLANUS; MITOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN NERVE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINOCYTES; LICHEN PLANUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PSORIASIS; SKIN; SUBSTANCE P; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0031955175     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598433368     Document Type: Article

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