Expression of type XVI collagen in human skin fibroblasts: Enhanced expression in fibrotic skin diseases

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 246-250

  Akagi, Atsushi ^a   Tajima, Shingo ^a   Ishibashi, Akira ^b   Yamaguchi, Noriko ^c   Nagai, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Koken Bioscience Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermal fibroblast; Scleroderma; Type XVI collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA;

EID: 0033513349     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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