Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone and receptor in the pathogenesis of psoriasis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 513-515

  Zhou, Chunlei ^a   Yu, Xiaojing ^a   Cai, Daxing ^a   Liu, Chunxi ^a   Li, Chunyang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; KERATINOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; SOCIAL STRESS;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSORIASIS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SKIN;

EID: 69349092788     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.051     Document Type: Article

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