A fully functional proopiomelanocortin/melanocortin-1 receptor system regulates the differentiation of human scalp hair follicle melanocytes

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 532-543

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; ENZYME; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCALP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ALPHA-MSH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROENDOCRINE SECRETORY PROTEIN 7B2; PITUITARY HORMONES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; RNA, MESSENGER; SCALP;

EID: 12344274263     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1145     Document Type: Article

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