Conditional ablation of integrin alpha-6 in mouse epidermis leads to skin fragility and inflammation

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 270-277

  Niculescu, Cristina ^a   Ganguli Indra, Gitali ^a   Pfister, Véronique ^a   Dupé, Valérie ^a   Messaddeq, Nadia ^a   De Arcangelis, Adèle ^a   Georges Labouesse, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha 6 beta 4; Epidermis; Epidermolysis bullosa; Hemidesmosome; Inflammation; Integrin; Keratinocyte; Laminin; Plectin; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; AMPHIREGULIN; EPIREGULIN; LAMININ; LAMININ 111; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; HEMIDESMOSOME; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FRAGILITY; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL SURVIVAL; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTEGRIN ALPHA6; KERATINOCYTES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SKIN;

MUS;

EID: 79151469084     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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