Epidermal caspase-3 cleavage associated with interferon-γ-expressing lymphocytes in acute atopic dermatitis lesions

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 441-446

  Simon, Dagmar ^a   Lindberg, Raija L P ^b   Kozlowski, Evelyne ^a   Braathen, Lasse R ^a   Simon, Hans Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atopic dermatitis; Caspase; Interferon; Keratinocytes

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CASPASE 3; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; PIMECROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; KERATINOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 33646492477     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-6705.2006.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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