Role of Langerhans cells in the skin. What's new?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 399-401

  Nakagawa, S ^b   Bos, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; LANGERIN; LECTIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LANGERHANS CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0034755757     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2001.00305.x     Document Type: Editorial

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