Impact of ultraviolet radiation on the expression of marker proteins of gap and adhesion junctions in human epidermis

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 318-321

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Rotterdam, Sebastian ^a   Tigges, Christian ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Bechara, Falk G ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion junctions; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; INVOLUCRIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN INFLAMMATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 56349130833     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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