Isoform-selective upregulation of mast cell chymase in the development of skin fibrosis in scleroderma model mice

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 118-123

  Kakizoe, Eiichi ^a   Shiota, Naotaka ^b   Tanabe, Yoko ^a   Shimoura, Keiko ^a   Kobayashi, Yuta ^a   Okunishi, Hideki ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competitive RT PCR; In situ hybridization; Mouse mast cell protease 4; Tight skin mouse

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; HYDROXYPROLINE; MAST CELL PROTEASE 4; MAST CELL PROTEASE 5; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLERODERMA; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKINFOLD;

EID: 0035136323     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2001.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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