Autoimmune disease induction in a healthy human organ: A humanized mouse model of alopecia areata

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 844-847

  Gilhar, Amos ^a   Keren, Aviad ^a   Shemer, Avner ^a   D'Ovidio, Roberto ^b   Ullmann, Yehuda ^a   Paus, Ralf ^c,d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Associazione Italiana Dermatologi Ambulatoriali   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; SUBSTANCE P;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR LOSS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORIASIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

EID: 84873703834     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.365     Document Type: Letter

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