Epithelial growth control by neurotrophins: Leads and lessons from the hair follicle

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2004, Pages 493-513

  Botchkarev, Vladimir A ^a   Botchkareva, Natalia V ^a,b   Peters, Eva M J ^b   Paus, Ralf ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDNF; Catagen; Dermal papilla; Hair cycle; Keratinocytes; Morphogenesis; NGF; NT 3; NT 4; p75 NTR; TrkA; TrkB; TrkC

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOPECIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EFFLUVIUM; EPITHELIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH REGULATION; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; KERATINOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHILEMMOMA;

EID: 0347480300     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(03)46031-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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