Vitamin C attenuates ERK signalling to inhibit the regulation of collagen production by LL-37 in human dermal fibroblasts

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Park, Hyun Jeong ^a   Ock, Sun Myeong ^a   Kim, Hee Jung ^a   Park, Hong Jin ^a   Lee, Young Bok ^a   Choi, Jung Min ^b   Cho, Chul Soo ^a   Lee, Jun Young ^a   Cho, Baik Kee ^a   Cho, Dae Ho ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b HB Dermatology Clinic   (South Korea)

^c Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ERK; Human dermal fibroblasts; LL 37; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; COLLAGEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DERMIS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KELOID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ASCORBIC ACID; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; KELOID; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-1; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77954838838     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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