WIF1 is expressed by stem cells of the human interfollicular epidermis and acts to suppress keratinocyte proliferation

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1669-1673

  Schlüter, Holger ^a,b   Stark, Hans Jürgen ^c   Sinha, Devbarna ^a,b,d   Boukamp, Petra ^c   Kaur, Pritinder ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WIF1 PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84878550413     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.42     Document Type: Letter

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