Alopecia areata: Infiltration of Th17 cells in the dermis, particularly around hair follicles

Dermatology

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-336

  Tanemura, Atsushi ^a   Oiso, Naoki ^b   Nakano, Mayuko ^a   Itoi, Saori ^a   Kawada, Akira ^b   Katayama, Ichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Hair follicles; Th17 cell

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; DERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCALP; TH17 CELL; YOUNG ADULT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DERMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884284342     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350933     Document Type: Article

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