The effect of ultraviolet radiation exposure on the prevalence of mast cells in human skin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 300-306

  Grimbaldeston, M A ^a   Simpson, A ^b   Finlay Jones, J J ^a   Hart, Prue H ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Histamine; Mast cell migration; Stem cell factor; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ELASTIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN C KIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SAMPLING; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CELL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUTTOCKS; CELL COUNT; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SKIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0037330815     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05113.x     Document Type: Article

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