Expression and modulation of apoptosis regulatory molecules in human melanocytes: Significance in vitiligo

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 573-581

  Van Den Wijngaard, R M J G J ^a   Aten, J ^a   Scheepmaker, A ^a   Le Poole, I C ^a   Tigges, A J ^a   Westerhof, W ^a,b   Das, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Institute for Pigmentary Disorders (SNIP)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Melanocytes; Ultraviolet B; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; CYCLINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0033805448     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03712.x     Document Type: Article

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