Expression of proopiomelanocortin peptides and prohormone convertases by human dermal microvascular endothelial cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 885, Issue , 1999, Pages 444-447

  Scholzen, Thomas E ^a   Brzoska, Thomas ^b   Kalden, Dirk Henner ^b   Hartmeyer, Mechthild ^b   Luger, Thomas A ^b   Armstrong, Cheryl A ^a   Ansel, John C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 5313 Woodruff Memorial Building ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; FURIN; PEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN CAPILLARY;

EID: 0032763137     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08708.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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