Vital role of the itch-scratch response in development of spontaneous dermatitis in NC/Nga mice

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 335-345

  Mihara, K ^a   Kuratani, K ^a   Matsui, T ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Yokota, K ^a  

^a Nippon Organon KK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Capsaicin; Itch sensation; NC Nga mice; Scratching

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; CAPSAICIN; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRURITUS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 4544258842     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06036.x     Document Type: Article

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