Enhanced expression of melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1-R) in normal human keratinocytes during differentiation: Evidence for increased expression of POMC peptides near suprabasal layer of epidermis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 853-860

  Chakraborty, Ashok K ^a,b   Funasaka, Yoko ^a   Pawelek, John M ^b   Nagahama, Michiko ^a   Ito, Akira ^a   Ichihashi, Masamitsu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+; Human epidermis; Melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0033036286     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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