The role of E-cadherin in nevogenesis: An experimental study using epidermal reconstructs

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 326-331

  Gontier, Etienne ^a,b   Cario André, Muriel ^a   Vergens, Pierre ^c   Lepreux, Sébastien ^c   Surlève Bazeille, Jean Etienne ^b   Taïeb, Alain ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UFR de Sciences Biologiques   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital dermal nevus cells; E cadherin; Epidermal reconstructs

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INVASION; CELL ISOLATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NEVUS; NEVUS CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADOLESCENT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CADHERINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCYTES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN; SKIN ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 2642521125     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6705.2004.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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