Keratinocytes: A source of the transmitter L-glutamate in the epidermis

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1064-1066

  Fischer, Matthias ^a,b   Glanz, Dagobert ^b   Urbatzka, Maximilian ^b   Brzoska, Thomas ^c   Abels, Christoph ^c  

^a HELIOS Klinikum Aue   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Dr August Wolff GmbH and Co KG Arzneimittel   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Glutamate; Keratinocyte; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL SECRETION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER;

CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EPIDERMIS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 70849132293     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00886.x     Document Type: Letter

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