The Role of Hair Follicle Immune Privilege Collapse in Alopecia Areata: Status and Perspectives

Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages S25-S27

  Paus, Ralf ^a,b   Bertolini, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; KLRK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY K; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ULBP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMISTRY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; REVIEW;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; NK CELL LECTIN-LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY K; SELF TOLERANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84907227615     PISSN: 10870024     EISSN: 15291774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jidsymp.2013.7     Document Type: Review

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