IP10/CXCL10 - CXCR3 interaction: A potential self-recruiting mechanism for cytotoxic lymphocytes in lichen sclerosus et atrophicus

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-117

  Wenzel, Joerg ^a   Wiechert, Andreas ^a   Merkel, Christian ^a   Bieber, Thomas ^a   Tüting, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Immunohistochemistry; Interferon alpha; Lupus

Indexed keywords

CD123 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANZYME B; INTERFERON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN TIA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMOKINES, CXC; CHILD; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 34047149881     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0194     Document Type: Article

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