Modulation of the human hair follicle pigmentary unit by corticotropin-releasing hormone and urocortin peptides

FASEB Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 882-895

  Kauser, Sobia ^a   Slominski, Andrzej ^b   Wei, Edward T ^c   Tobin, Desmond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; CRH receptors; Hair follicle melanocytes; Hair growth; Melanogenesis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2; UROCORTIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CRF RECEPTOR TYPE 1; CRF RECEPTOR TYPE 2; DOPACHROME ISOMERASE; ISOMERASE; MELANIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TYRP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33744454426     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-5257com     Document Type: Article

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