Alopecia areata in C3H/HeJ mice involves leukocyte-mediated root sheath disruption in advance of overt hair loss

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 643-650

  McElwee, K J ^a   Silva, K ^a   Boggess, D ^a   Bechtold, L ^a   King Jr , L E ^b   Sundberg, J P ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Disease pathogenesis; Inflammation; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HAIR ROOT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLICULITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMALS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542706083     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-6-643     Document Type: Article

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