Demonstration of TARC and CCR4 mRNA expression and distribution using in situ RT-PCR in the lesional skin of atopic dermatitis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-32

  Zheng, Xueyi ^a   Nakamura, Koichiro ^a   Furukawa, Hirotoshi ^a   Nishibu, Akiko ^a   Takahashi, Masabumi ^a   Tojo, Michiko ^a   Kaneko, Fumio ^a   Kakinuma, Takashi ^b   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AD: atopic dermatitis; CCR4: CC chemokine receptor 4; TARC: thymus and activation regulated chemokine

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; MESSENGER RNA; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037286647     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00329.x     Document Type: Article

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