Lack of skin fibrosis in tight skin (TSK) mice with targeted mutation in the interleukin-4Rα and transforming factor-β genes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 136-143

  McGaha, Tracy ^a   Saito, Shinichiro ^a   Phelps, Robert G ^a   Gordon, Ronald ^a   Noben Trauth, Nancy ^b   Paul, William E ^b   Bona, Constantin ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Interleukin 4R; Tight skin; Transforming growth factor sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; CYTOKINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKINFOLD; TIGHT SKIN SYNDROME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035138260     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2001.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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