Fibroblasts play a stimulatory role in keratinocyte proliferation but an inhibitory role in melanocyte growth and pigmentation in a skin equivalent system from skin type IV

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 294, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 444-446

  Lee, Dong Youn ^a   Lee, Joo Heung ^a   Lee, Eil Soo ^a   Cho, Kwang Hyun ^b   Yang, Jun Mo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Keratinocyte proliferation; Melanocyte growth; Pigmented skin equivalent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0036462216     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-002-0359-2     Document Type: Article

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