Perforin and granzyme B may contribute to skin inflammation in atopic dermatitis and psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1133-1139

  Yawalkar, N ^a   Schmid, S ^b   Braathen, L R ^b   Pichler, W J ^a  

^a HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Granzyme B; Immunohistochemistry; Perforin, Psoriasis; T cells

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME B; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PERFORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PSORIASIS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0035725284     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04222.x     Document Type: Article

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