Thyrotropin-releasing hormone selectively stimulates human hair follicle pigmentation

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2368-2377

  Gáspár, Erzsébet ^a   Nguyen Thi, Kim T ^a   Hardenbicker, Celine ^a   Tiede, Stephan ^a   Plate, Christian ^a   Bodó, Enik ^a,e   Knuever, Jana ^a   Funk, Wolfgang ^b   Bíró, Tamás ^c   Paus, Ralf ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b Klinik Dr Koslowski ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTIRELIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80855123526     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.221     Document Type: Article

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