Epidermal overexpression of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme in mice: A model for chronic itchy dermatitis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 444-449

  Hansson, Lennart ^a,c   Bäckman, Assar ^a,b   Ny, Annelii ^b   Edlund, Michael ^a   Ekholm, Elisabeth ^b   Hammarström, Barbro Ekstrand ^a,d   Törnell, Jan ^a,e   Wallbrandt, Pia ^a   Wennbo, Håkan ^a   Egelrud, Torbjörn ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Arexis AB   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^e Bacterum AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Itch; Kallikrein; Serine protease; Skin; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; KALLIKREIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; PSORIASIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0036125252     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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