The role of α-MSH as a modulator of cutaneous inflammation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 917, Issue , 2000, Pages 232-238

  Luger, T A ^a   Brzoska, T ^a   Scholzen, T E ^a   Kalden, D H ^a   Sunderkotter C ^a,b   Armstrong, C ^b   Ansel, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERATINOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033676243     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05388.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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