Characterization of liver X receptor expression and function in human skin and the pilosebaceous unit

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 844-852

  Russell, Louise E ^a   Harrison, Wesley J ^a   Bahta, Adiam W ^a   Zouboulis, Christos C ^b,c   Burrin, Jacky M ^a   Philpott, Michael P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iipogenesis; Liver X receptors; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

LIVER X RECEPTOR; LIVER X RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIVER X RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LIPOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; LIPOGENESIS; PHENYLACETATES; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SKIN; SULFONAMIDES; SWEAT GLANDS;

EID: 34548484120     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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