Human adult epidermal melanocytes cultured without chemical mitogens express the EGF receptor and respond to EGF

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Szabad, Gábor ^a   Kormos, Bernadett ^a   Pivarcsi, Andor ^b   Széll, Márta ^b   Kis, Kornélia ^c   Kenderessy Szabó, Anna ^a   Dobozy, Attila ^a,b   Kemény, Lajos ^a,b   Bata Csörgő, Zsuzsanna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

EGF; EGF receptor; Melanocytes; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGENIC AGENT; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERUM; STAINING;

EID: 34250696482     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-007-0742-0     Document Type: Article

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