A serotonin-like immunoreactivity is present in human cutaneous melanocytes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1010-1014

  Johansson, Olle ^a   Liu, Peng Yue ^a   Bondesson, Lena ^b   Nordlind, Klas ^c   Olsson, Mats J ^c   Löntz, Werner ^d   Verhofstad, Albert ^e   Liang, Yong ^a   Gangi, Shabnam ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Human skin; Immunohistochemistry; Melanocytes; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CELL MARKER; EPITOPE; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MELANOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL;

EID: 0032447906     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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