Hair follicles from alopecia areata patients exhibit alterations in immune privilege-associated gene expression in advance of hair loss

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2677-2680

  Kang, Hoon ^a   Wu, Wen Yu ^b   Lo, Blanche K K ^c,d   Yu, Mei ^c,d   Leung, Gigi ^c,d   Shapiro, Jerry ^c   McElwee, Kevin J ^c,d  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RNA EXTRACTION; SCALP;

EID: 77957934923     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.180     Document Type: Letter

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