Lack of evidence for activation of the hedgehog pathway in psoriasis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 635-640

  Gudjonsson, Johann E ^a,b   Aphale, Abhishek ^a   Grachtchouk, Marina ^a   Ding, Jun ^b   Nair, Rajan P ^a   Wang, Timothy ^a   Voorhees, John J ^a   Dlugosz, Andrzej A ^a   Elder, James T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

BIOPSY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PSORIASIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 59949101719     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.266     Document Type: Article

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