Detection of a physiological juvenile phase and the central role of pericytes in human dermal microvascular aging

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1419-1421

  Helmbold, Peter ^a   Lautenschläger, Christine ^a   Marsch, Wolfgang Ch ^a   Nayak, Ramesh C ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MICROVASCULATURE; PERICYTE; PHOTOAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CELL AGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

TGFB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TGFB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CELL AGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; PERICYTES; SKIN; SKIN AGING; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 33745578299     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700275     Document Type: Letter

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