Melanocortin receptors 1 and 5 might mediate inhibitory effects of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone on antigen-induced chronic allergic skin inflammation in IgE transgenic mice

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1925-1927

  Etori, Maki ^a   Yonekubo, Kazuki ^a   Sato, Eiichiro ^a   Mizukami, Kiyoshi ^a   Hirahara, Kazuki ^a   Karasuyama, Hajime ^b   Maeda, Hiroaki ^a   Yamashita, Makoto ^a  

^a DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LETTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 84862308525     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.68     Document Type: Letter

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