Regulation of human epidermal melanocyte biology by β-endorphin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1073-1080

  Kauser, Söbia ^a   Schallreuter, Karin U ^a   Thody, Anthony J ^a   Gummer, Christopher ^b   Tobin, Desmond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendricity; Melanogenesis; Proopiomelanocortin; Skin; opiate receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA LIPOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MITOGENESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0038129424     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12242.x     Document Type: Article

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