Cytokines and signal transduction pathways mediated by anthralin in alopecia areata-affected Dundee experimental balding rats

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-90

  Tang, Liren ^a,b   Cao, Liping ^a,b   Pelech, Steven ^a,c   Lui, Harvey ^a,b   Shapiro, Jerry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Center   (Canada)

^c Kinexus Bioinformatics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Hair follicles; Protein kinases

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; DITHRANOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

EID: 0041367362     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12178.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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