Production of the soluble form of KIT, s-KIT, abolishes stem cell factor-induced melanogenesis in human melanocytes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1763-1772

  Kasamatsu, Shinya ^a   Hachiya, Akira ^a,b   Higuchi, Kazuhiko ^a   Ohuchi, Atsushi ^a   Kitahara, Takashi ^a   Boissy, Raymond E ^c,d  

^a Kao Biological Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MELANIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KIT; PROTEIN M KIT; PROTEIN S KIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 45349087568     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.9     Document Type: Article

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