Epidermal keratinocytes as the forefront of the sensory system

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Denda, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nakatani, Masashi ^b   Ikeyama, Kazuyuki ^a   Tsutsumi, Moe ^a   Denda, Sumiko ^a  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nervous system; Neurotransmitter; P2X; Skin perception; Transient receptor potential

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; CHLORIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PURINE P2X3 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PH; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33846987220     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2006.00529.x     Document Type: Review

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