Adrenomedullin: Expression and possible role in human skin and hair growth

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-38

  Muller F B ^a,b   Muller Rover S ^b,c   Korge, B P ^a   Kapas, S ^b   Hinson, J P ^b   Philpott, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Antimicrobial peptide; Differentiation; Keratinocyte

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADRENOMEDULLIN RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN RECEPTOR LIKE RECEPTOR; ORPHAN RECEPTOR L1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; GROWTH CURVE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN; SWEAT GLAND; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADRENOMEDULLIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, CALCITONIN; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SCALP; SKIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037237885     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05016.x     Document Type: Article

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