The epidermal stem cell factor is over-expressed in lentigo senilis: Implication for the mechanism of hyperpigmentation

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1256-1265

  Hattori, Hideko ^a   Kawashima, Makoto ^a   Ichikawa, Yoshiaki ^b   Imokawa, Genji ^a,b,c  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kao Biological Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^c KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermal pigmentation; KIT protein; Lentigo senilis; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; GROWTH RELATED ONCOGENE ALPHA PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; ONCOPROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RELATED ONCOGENE ALPHA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIGO; MALE; ONCOGENE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENILE LENTIGO; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 1842420060     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22503.x     Document Type: Article

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