Superficial spreading-like melanoma in Arf-/-::Tyr-Nras Q 61K::K14-kitl mice: Keratinocyte kit ligand expression sufficient to translocate melanomas from dermis to epidermis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1384-1387

  Walker, Graeme J ^a   Soyer, H Peter ^b   Handoko, Herlina Y ^a   Ferguson, Blake ^a   Kunisada, Takahiro ^c   Khosrotehrani, Kiarash ^a,d   Box, Neil F ^e   Muller, H Konrad ^f  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN KITL; STEM CELL FACTOR; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER GROWTH; DERMIS; DNA REPAIR; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS HYPERPLASIA; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE N RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 79956030613     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.21     Document Type: Letter

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