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J Invest Dermatol 108: 1-2; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285601

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Direct Correlation Between DNA Repair Capacity and Metastatic Potential of K-1735 Murine Melanoma Cells FREE

Qingyi Wei, Lie Cheng, Keping Xie, Corazon D Bucana and Zhongyun Dong

J Invest Dermatol 108: 3-6; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285608

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Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Is Expressed By Basal Keratinocytes Before Interstitial Collagenase, Stromelysin-1, and Laminin-5 in Experimentally Induced Dermatitis Herpetiformis Lesions FREE

Kristiina Airola, Timo Reunala, Sirpa Salo and Ulpu K Saarialho-Kere

J Invest Dermatol 108: 7-11; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285610

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Involucrin and SPRR Are Synthesized Sequentially in Differentiating Cultured Epidermal Cells FREE

Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto, Tonja Kartasova, Shinobu Matsuo, Toshio Kuroki and Hajime Iizuka

J Invest Dermatol 108: 12-16; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285611

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The Spectral Dependence for UVA-Induced Cumulative Damage in Human Skin FREE

Robert Lavker and Kays Kaidbey

J Invest Dermatol 108: 17-21; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285613

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Chromosomal Abnormalities in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma and in Its Premalignant Conditions as Detected by G-Banding and Interphase Cytogenetic Methods FREE

Leena Karenko, Eija Hyytinen, Seppo Sarna and Annamari Ranki

J Invest Dermatol 108: 22-29; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285617

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Complementation of Hypopigmentation in p-Mutant (Pink-Eyed Dilution) Mouse Melanocytes by Normal Human P cDNA, and Defective Complementation by OCA2 Mutant Sequences FREE

Elena V Sviderskaya, Dorothy C Bennett, Lingling Ho, Tu Bailin, Seung-Tack Lee and Richard A Spritz

J Invest Dermatol 108: 30-34; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285621

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A Homozygous Nonsense Mutation and a Combination of Two Mutations of the Wilson Disease Gene in Patients with Different Lysyl Oxidase Activities in Cultured Fibroblasts FREE

Ritva Kemppainen, Ritta Palatsi, Matti Kallioinen and Aarne Oikarinen

J Invest Dermatol 108: 35-39; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285622

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Interleukin-1-Induced Inhibition of Hair Growth In Vitro Is Mediated by Cyclic AMP FREE

Rolf Hoffmann, Wolfgang Eicheler, Elke Wenzel and Rudolf Happle

J Invest Dermatol 108: 40-42; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285625

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Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Inhibits Proliferation and Antigen Presentation by Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: Effects on B7, Interleukin 10, and Interleukin12 FREE

Floyd E Fox, Marek Kubin, Maureen Cassin, Zhutian Niu, Junichi Hosoi, Hideshi Torii, Richard D Granstein, Giorgio Trinchieri and Alain H Rook

J Invest Dermatol 108: 43-48; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285627

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CD45 Molecule in T-Cell Generation: Disruption of CD45 Exon 6 Does Not Affect V3 Dendritic Epidermal T-Cell Development FREE

Binghe Wang, Hiroshi Fujisawa, Seiji Kondo, Gulnar G Shivji and Danel N Sauder

J Invest Dermatol 108: 49-52; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285628

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Human Papillomavirus DNA in Non-melanoma Skin Cancers of a Renal Transplant Recipient: Detection of a New Sequence Related to Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis Associated Types FREE

Reinhard Höpfl, Guido Bens, Ulrike Wieland, Anton Petter, Bernhard Zelger, Peter Fritsch and Herbert Pfister

J Invest Dermatol 108: 53-56; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285630

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Modulation of Fatty Acid Oxidation Alters Contact Hypersensitivity to Urushiols: Role of Aliphatic Chain -Oxidation in Processing and Activation of Urushiols FREE

Alexis M Kalergis, Carolina B López, Maria I Becker, Marisol I Diaz, Jorge Sein, Juan A Garbarino and Alfredo E De Ioannes

J Invest Dermatol 108: 57-61; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285632

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C3 Production of Cultured Human Epidermal Keratinocytes in Enhanced by IFN and TNF through Different Pathways FREE

Tadashi Terui, Kuniaki Ishii, Maki Ozawa, Nobuko Tabata, Taizo Kato and Hachiro Tagami

J Invest Dermatol 108: 62-67; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285633

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Development of an ELISA for Rapid Detection of Anti-Type VII Collagen Autoantibodies in Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita FREE

Mei Chen, Lawrence S Chan, Xiaoyan Cai, Edel A O'Toole, Jeanna C Sample and David T Woodley

J Invest Dermatol 108: 68-72; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285634

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Amphiregulin and Nerve Growth Factor Expression Are Regulated by Barrier Status in Murine Epidermis FREE

Amelie Liou, Peter M Elias, Carl Grunfeld, Kenneth R Feingold and Ladonna C Wood

J Invest Dermatol 108: 73-77; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285638

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HaCaT Cell Line as a Model System for Vitamin D₃ Metabolism in Human Skin FREE

Bodo Lehmann

J Invest Dermatol 108: 78-82; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285640

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Localization of Aminopeptidase Activity in Freshly Excised Human Skin: Direct Visualization by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy FREE

Peter Boderke, Hans P Merkle, Christopher Cullander, Maria Ponec and Harry E Boddé

J Invest Dermatol 108: 83-86; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285642

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Iontophoretic Delivery of ALA Provides a Quantitative Model for ALA Pharmacokinetics and PpIX Phototoxicity in Human Skin FREE

Lesley E Rhodes, Maria M Tsoukas, R Rox Anderson and Nikiforos Kollias

J Invest Dermatol 108: 87-91; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285644

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Molecular Subtyping of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato Isolates from Five Patients with Solitary Lymphocytoma FREE

Roger N Picken, Franc Strle, Eva Ruzic-Sabljic, Vera Maraspin, Stanka Lotric-Furlan, Joze Cimperman, Yu Cheng and Maria M Picken

J Invest Dermatol 108: 92-97; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285646

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Activation of Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase in Psoriatic Lesions and Cultured Human Keratinocytes by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Ligands FREE

Jee-Ho Choi, Timothy P O'Connor, Sewon Kang, John J Voorhees and Gary J Fisher

J Invest Dermatol 108: 98-102; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285647

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Convergent and Discriminant Validity of a Generic and a Disease-Specific Instrument to Measure Quality of Life in Patients with Skin Disease FREE

Mary-Margaret Chren, Rebecca J Lasek, Linda M Quinn and Kenneth E Covinsky

J Invest Dermatol 108: 103-107; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285650

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Chemotactic 5-Oxo-Eicosatetraenoic Acids Induce Oxygen Radical Production, Ca²⁺- Mobilization, and Actin Reorganization in Human Eosinophils via a Pertussis Toxin-Sensitive G-Protein FREE

Wolfgang Czech, Michael Barbisch, Kirsten Tenscher, Erwin Schöpf, Jens-Michael Schröder and Johannes Norgauer

J Invest Dermatol 108: 108-112; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285653

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Telomerase Activity Concentrates in the Mitotically Active Segments of Human Hair Follicles FREE

Ruben D Ramirez, Woodring E Wright, Jerry W Shay and R Stan Taylor

J Invest Dermatol 108: 113-117; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12285654

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Human Herpesvirus-8 DNA Sequences in a Patient with Pemphigus Vulgaris, but Without HIV Infection or Kaposi's Sarcoma FREE

Omeed M Memar, Peter L Rady, Randall M Goldblum and Stephen K Tyring

J Invest Dermatol 108: 118-119; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12286343

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Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus/Human Herpesvirus 8 Is Not Detectable in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of the Relatives of Sporadic KS Patients FREE

Stefania Uccini, Emanuela Pilozzi, Antonella Stoppacciaro, Antonio Angeloni, Roberta Santarelli, Alberto Faggioni, Carlo D Baroni, Luigi P Ruco, Maria C Sirianni, Laura Vincenzi, Decio Cerimele, Maria V Masala and Francesca Cottoni

J Invest Dermatol 108: 119-120; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12286348

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Diacylglycerol-Induced Tanning FREE

Mark E Costlow, Patricia P Agin and John Dowdy

J Invest Dermatol 108: 120-121; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12286356

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Barbara A Gilchrest and Anne E Allan

J Invest Dermatol 108: 121-122; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12286361

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