Selective Amplification of T-Cell Receptor Variable Region Species Is Demonstrable but Not Essential in Early Lesions of Psoriasis Vulgaris: Analysis by Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction and Hypervariable Region Size Spectratyping FREE

Moira A Vekony, Janet E Holder, Andrew J Lee, Carolyn Horrocks, Ian C Eperon and Richard D R Camp

J Invest Dermatol 109: 5-13; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276303

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The Repertoire of T Cell Antigen Receptor -Chain Variable Regions Associated with Psoriasis Vulgaris FREE

Pat Moss, Patrick Charmley, Eileen Mulvihill, Steven Ziegler, Gregory J Raugi, Don Kern, Michael Piepkorn and Richard Gelinas

J Invest Dermatol 109: 14-19; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276338

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Vitamin C Abrogates the Deleterious Effects of UVB Radiation on Cutaneous Immunity by a Mechanism That Does Not Depend on TNF- FREE

Toshiaki Nakamura, Sheldon R Pinnell, Douglas Darr, Iwao Kurimoto, Satoshi Itami, Kunihiko Yoshikawa and J Wayne Streilein

J Invest Dermatol 109: 20-24; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276349

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Hapten-Specific Tolerance Induced by Acute, Low-Dose Ultraviolet B Radiation of Skin Is Mediated via Interleukin-10 FREE

Hironori Niizeki and J Wayne Streilein

J Invest Dermatol 109: 25-30; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276415

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Pteridines in the Control of Pigmentation FREE

Karin U Schallreuter, Vincent Schulz-Douglas, Andreas Bünz, Wayne Beazley and Christa Körner

J Invest Dermatol 109: 31-35; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276418

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Harlequin Ichthyosis Keratinocytes in Lifted Culture Differentiate Poorly by Morphologic and Biochemical Criteria FREE

Philip Fleckman, Barbara Hager and Beverly A Dale

J Invest Dermatol 109: 36-38; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276450

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Response of SCC-12F, a Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Line, to Complement Attack FREE

Michael B Whitlow and Lynn M Klein

J Invest Dermatol 109: 39-45; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276459

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Retinoic Acid Modulates the Anti-Proliferative Effect of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃ in Cultured Human Epidermal Keratinocytes FREE

Siegfried Segaert, Marjan Garmyn, Hugo Degreef and Roger Bouillon

J Invest Dermatol 109: 46-54; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276488

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Liposome-Associated Interferon--2b Functions as an Anti-Fibrogenic Factor for Human Dermal Fibroblasts FREE

Aziz Ghahary, Qiong Shen, James A Rogers, Rijian Wang, Ali Fathi-Afshar, Paul G Scott and Edward E Tredget

J Invest Dermatol 109: 55-60; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276507

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Restoration of CDKN2A into Melanoma Cells Induces Morphologic Changes and Reduction in Growth Rate but Not Anchorage-Independent Growth Reversal FREE

Marina Castellano, Brian G Gabrielli, Christopher J Hussussian, Nicholas C Dracopoli and Nicholas K Hayward

J Invest Dermatol 109: 61-68; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276538

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Detection of Tyrosinase Autoantibodies in Patients With Vitiligo Using ³⁵S-Labeled Recombinant Human Tyrosinase in a Radioimmunoassay FREE

E Helen Kemp, David J Gawkrodger, Sheila MacNeil, Philip F Watson and Anthony P Weetman

J Invest Dermatol 109: 69-73; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276556

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A Homozygous In-Frame Deletion in the Collagenous Domain of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen BP180 (Type XVII Collagen) Causes Generalized Atrophic Benign Epidermolysis Bullosa FREE

Stéphane Chavanas, Yannick Gache, GianLuca Tadini, Leena Pulkkinen, Jouni Uitto, Jean Paul Ortonne and Guerrino Meneguzzi

J Invest Dermatol 109: 74-78; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276614

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Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome Is Caused by a Common Mutation in Northern European and Swedish Patients FREE

Vincenzo De Laurenzi, Geraldine R. Rogers, Edit Tarcsa, Gael Carney, Lyuben Marekov, Sherri J. Bale, John G. Compton, Nelli Markova, Peter M. Steinert and William B. Rizzo

J Invest Dermatol 109: 79-83; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276622

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trans-4-(Aminomethyl)cyclohexane Carboxylic Acid (T-AMCHA), an Anti-Fibrinolytic Agent, Accelerates Barrier Recovery and Prevents the Epidermal Hyperplasia Induced by Epidermal Injury in Hairless Mice and Humans FREE

Mitsuhiro Denda, Kenji Kitamura, Peter M. Elias and Kenneth K. Feingold

J Invest Dermatol 109: 84-90; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276640

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Tazarotene-induced Gene 2 (TIG2), a Novel Retinoid-Responsive Gene in Skin FREE

Sunil Nagpal, Sheetal Patel, Heidi Jacobe, Daniel DiSepio, Corine Ghosn, Monica Malhotra, Min Teng, Madeleine Duvic and Roshantha A S Chandraratna

J Invest Dermatol 109: 91-95; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276660

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Distinct Populations of Stromal Cells Express Collagenase-3 (MMP-13) and Collagenase-1 (MMP-1) in Chronic Ulcers but Not in Normally Healing Wounds FREE

Maarit Vaalamo, Laura Mattila, Nina Johansson, Arja-Leena Kariniemi, Marja-Liisa Karjalainen-Lindsberg, Veli-Matti Kähäri and Ulpu Saarialho-Kere

J Invest Dermatol 109: 96-101; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276722

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Human Skin/SCID Mouse Chimeras as an In Vivo Model for Human Cutaneous Mast Cell Hyperplasia FREE

Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, B. Jack Longley, Diana Whitaker-Menezes, Steven M. Albelda and George F. Murphy

J Invest Dermatol 109: 102-107; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276733

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Protein Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-1 in Keratinocytes During Wound Healing in Rat Skin FREE

Hideya Takenaka, Saburo Kishimoto, Ikuo Tooyama, Hiroshi Kimura and Hirokazu Yasuno

J Invest Dermatol 109: 108-112; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276740

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A Novel Mutation of a Leucine Residue in Coil 1A of Keratin 9 in Epidermolytic Palmoplantar Keratoderma FREE

Hideharu Endo, Atsushi Hatamochi and Hiroshi Shinkai

J Invest Dermatol 109: 113-115; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276751

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Microsatellite Instability in Primary and Metastatic Melanoma FREE

Antonio Richetta, Vitaliano Silipo, Stefano Calvieri, Luigi Frati, Laura Ottini, Alessandro Cama and Renato Mariani-Costantini

J Invest Dermatol 109: 119-120; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276783

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Paul Langerhans Sesquicentennial, July 23rd, 1997 FREE

J Invest Dermatol 109: 120; doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12276793

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