Increased activation of Ras in psoriatic lesions

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 90-97

  Lin, Pinpin ^a,c   Baldassare, Joseph J ^b   Voorhees, John J ^a   Fisher, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Growth factor receptor; Psoriasis; Ras protein; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PSORIASIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRICETINAE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PREGNANCY; PSORIASIS; RAS PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN;

EID: 0033057752     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029850     Document Type: Article

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