Differential expression of HPA axis homolog in the skin

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 265-266, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 143-149

  Slominski, Andrzej ^a   Wortsman, Jacobo ^b   Tuckey, Robert C ^c   Paus, Ralf ^d  

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

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CRH; CRH R1; Cutaneous P450scc; Cutaneous steroidogenesis; POMC; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

CELL POPULATION; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MELANOCYTE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCALP HAIR; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ANIMALS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MELANOCYTES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STEROIDS;

EID: 33847064628     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.12.012     Document Type: Review

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