Detection of perforin and granzyme B mRNA expressing cells in lichen sclerosus

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 416-420

  Hunger, Robert E ^a   Brönnimann, Marcel ^a   Kappeler, Andreas ^a   Mueller, Christoph ^a   Braathen, Lasse R ^a   Yawalkar, Nikhil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cell mediated cytotoxicity; Cytotoxic proteins; Lichen sclerosus; T cells

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; GRANZYME B; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34247121518     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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