Human melanocytes express functional Toll-like receptor 4

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 412-417

  Ahn, Joo Hee ^a   Park, Tae Jun ^a   Jin, Sun Hee ^a   Kang, Hee Young ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Melanocyte; Pigmentation; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CD14 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MELANIN; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, CD14; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NF-KAPPA B; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 41949140086     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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