An organotypic culture system of Merkel cells using isolated epidermal sheets

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1239-1247

  Nagase, K ^a   Aoki, S ^a   Uchihashi, K ^a   Misago, N ^a   Shimohira Yamasaki, M ^b   Toda, S ^a   Narisawa, Y ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mineko Dermatology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen gel; Keratinocyte; Merkel cell; Nerve cell; Organotypic culture system

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BROXURIDINE; COLLAGEN GEL; CYTOKERATIN 1; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 20; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN P63;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MERKEL CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-20; MALE; MERKEL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PC12 CELLS; RATS;

EID: 72649092891     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09422.x     Document Type: Article

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