The cell biology of acute itch

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 155-161

  Green, Dustin ^a   Dong, Xinzhong ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CELL RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCRATCHING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MAST CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84969142161     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201603042     Document Type: Article

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