Alterations in the epidermal-dermal melanin axis and factor XIIIa melanophages in senile lentigo and ageing skin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Unver N ^a   Freyschmidt Paul, P ^a   Horster S ^a   Wenck, H ^b   Stab F ^b   Blatt, T ^b   Elsasser H P ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermal dendrocytes; Melanin; Melanocytes; Melanophages; Senile lentigo

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12A; CD68 ANTIGEN; MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LENTIGO; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FACTOR XIIIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIGO; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SKIN AGING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33745038503     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07210.x     Document Type: Article

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