UVB irradiation increases the release of SCF from human epidermal cells [1]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1075-1077

  Baba, Hidehiko ^a   Uchiwa, Hideyo ^a   Watanabe, Shinichi ^b  

^a KANEBO LTD   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ETHANOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MAST CELL; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; URTICARIA PIGMENTOSA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 18244378763     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23447.x     Document Type: Letter

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