Lesional infiltration of mast cells, Langerhans cells, T cells and local cytokine profiles in alopecia areata

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 307, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 319-331

  Zhang, Xiaoting ^a,b   Zhao, Ying ^a   Ye, Yanting ^a   Li, Shuifeng ^a   Qi, Shiling ^a   Yang, Yuqing ^a   Cao, Hui ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Zhang, Xingqi ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Cytokines; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Langerhans cell; Mast cell; Semi quantitative real time PCR; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MAST CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939977937     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-015-1539-1     Document Type: Article

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