Expression of Snail1 in the fibrotic dermis of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia: Possible involvement of an epithelial-mesenchymal transition and a review of the Japanese patients

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1152-1154

  Nakamura, M ^a   Tokura, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Fibrosis; Frontal; Postmenopausal; Snail1

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE BUTYRATE PROPIONATE; BETAMETHASONE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALOPECIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL FIBROSING ALOPECIA; HAIR GROWTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; ALOPECIA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77951216451     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09682.x     Document Type: Letter

References (12)

1. Kossard S. Postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Arch Dermatol 1994 130 : 770 774.
2. Murao K. A case of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Hifukanorinsho 2000 42 : 1061 1063 (in Japanese).
3. Kuwana R. A case of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Jpn J Dermatol 2004 114 : 1293 (in Japanese).
4. Tanaka R, Iwatsuki T, Yamada T. Three cases of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Jpn J Dermatol 2004 114 : 180 (in Japanese).
5. Usui R, Shouno M. Postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Hifubyoshinryo 2004 26 : 203 206 (in Japanese).
6. Ueki R. Postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Rinshohifuka 2006 60 : 19 22 (in Japanese).
7. Kinoshita T, Ueki R, Yamashita F et al. A case of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Hifukanorinsho 2008 50 : 684 685 (in Japanese).
8. Sato M, Saga K, Takahashi H. Postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia in a Japanese woman with Sjögren's syndrome. J Dermatol 2008 35 : 729 731.
9. Hatttori M, Nishide T, Furukawa F. A case of postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia. Aesthet Dermatol 2008 18 : 35 7 (in Japanese).
10. Tan KT, Messenger AG. Frontal fibrosing alopecia: clinical presentations and prognosis. Br J Dermatol 2009 160 : 75 9.
11. Thiery JP, Acloque H, Huang RYJ, Nieto MA. Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions in development and disease. Cell 2009 139 : 871 890.
12. Iwano M, Plieth D, Danoff TM et al. Evidence that fibroblasts derive from epithelium during tissue fibrosis. J Clin Invest 2002 110 : 341 350.