Vitiligo and the melanocyte reservoir

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-318

  Falabella, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Hair follicle; Melanocyte; Reservoir; Stem cells; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERMEDIN; LIGAND; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SCATTER FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; STEROID; THROMBOXANE B2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; BASAL CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONVALESCENCE; DENDRITIC CELL; EDEMA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HAIR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR ROOT; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LEPROSY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; MESENCHYME; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENTATION; PROGENY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUVA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SCALP HAIR; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN; SKIN APPENDAGE; STEM CELL; SUNLIGHT; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UPREGULATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 71949090444     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.57604     Document Type: Review

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