Positive link between STAT3 activation and Th17 Cell infiltration to the lesional skin in vitiligo vulgaris

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-209

  Tanemura, Atsushi ^a   Kotobuki, Yorihisa ^a   Itoi, Saori ^a   Takata, Tomoya ^b   Sano, Shigetoshi ^b   Katayama, Ichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAT3 PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LANGERHANS CELL; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH17 CELL; VITILIGO; VITILIGO VULGARIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; KERATINOCYTES; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORYLATION; SKIN; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH17 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VITILIGO;

EID: 84864309467     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2012.06.010     Document Type: Letter

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