Secreted Frizzled related protein-4 (sFRP4) promotes epidermal differentiation and apoptosis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 606-611

  Maganga, Richard ^a   Giles, Natalie ^a,b   Adcroft, Katharine ^a,b   Unni, Ambili ^a   Keeney, Diane ^c   Wood, Fiona ^a,b,d   Fear, Mark ^b   Dharmarajan, Arunasalam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Differentiation; Epidermis; Secreted Frizzled related protein; WNT signaling

Indexed keywords

INVOLUCRIN; MESSENGER RNA; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 4; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STRATUM CORNEUM;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 55549135669     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.050     Document Type: Article

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