TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 111, Issue 3 (September 1998)
Regular Articles
Overexpression of Bcl-2 in Kaposi's Sarcoma-Derived Cells FREE
Thierry Simonart, Chantal Degraef, Jean-Christophe Noel, Dominique Fokan, Lin Zhou, Olivier Pradier, Martine Ducarme, Liliane Schandene, Jean-Paul Van Vooren, Dominique Parent and Michel Heenen
J Invest Dermatol 111: 349-353; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00314.x
Induction of Interleukin-6 Production by Ultraviolet Radiation in Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocytes and in a Human Keratinocyte Cell Line is Mediated by DNA Damage FREE
Corinner Petit-Frère, Peter H Clingen, Markus Grewe, Jean Krutmann, Len Roza, Colin F Arlett and Michael H L Green
J Invest Dermatol 111: 354-359; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5602962
MHC-Dependent and -Independent Activation of Human Nickel-Specific CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cells from Allergic Donors FREE
Corinne Moulon, Doris Wild, Anne Dormoy and Hans Ulrich Weltzien
J Invest Dermatol 111: 360-366; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00306.x
Partial Purification and Characterization of Two Distinct Types of Caspases from Human Epidermis FREE
Tadahito Takahashi, Masashi Ogo and Toshihiko Hibino
J Invest Dermatol 111: 367-372; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00295.x
Effects of Ultraviolet B Radiation on Human Langerhans Cells: Functional Alteration of CD86 Upregulation and Induction of Apoptotic Cell Death FREE
Frédérique-Marie Rattis, Miguel Concha, Catherine Dalbiez-Gauthier, Pascal Courtellemont, Daniel Schmitt and Josette Péguet-Navarro
J Invest Dermatol 111: 373-379; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00320.x
Differential Regulation of P53 and Bcl-2 Expression by Ultraviolet A and B FREE
Yan Wang, Barry Rosenstein, Shira Goldwyn, Xueshu Zhang, Mark Lebwohl and Huachen Wei
J Invest Dermatol 111: 380-384; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00319.x
Water Diffusion Characteristics of Human Stratum Corneum at Different Anatomical Sites In Vivo FREE
Doris A Schwindt, Klaus P Wilhelm and Howard I Maibach
J Invest Dermatol 111: 385-389; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00321.x
Oxidative Activity of the Type 2 Isozyme of 17
-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase (17
-HSD) Predominates in Human Sebaceous Glands FREE
Diane Thiboutot, Patricia Martin, Lazaros Volikos and Kathyrn Gilliland
J Invest Dermatol 111: 390-395; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00322.x
Tacrolimus Ointment does not Affect Collagen Synthesis: Results of a Single-Center Randomized Trial FREE
Sakari Reitamo, Jonna Rissanen, Anita Remitz, Håkan Granlund, Pekka Erkko, Peter Elg, Pekka Autio and Antti I Lauerma
J Invest Dermatol 111: 396-398; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00323.x
PUVA Inhibits DNA Replication, but not Gene Transcription at Nonlethal Dosages FREE
Matthias Lüftl, Martin Röcken, Gerd Plewig and Klaus Degitz
J Invest Dermatol 111: 399-405; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00316.x
Mutations in the Ferrochelatase Gene of Four Spanish Patients with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria FREE
Laurent Gouya, Xiaoye Schneider-Yin, Urszula Rüfenacht, Carmen Herrero, Mario Lecha, José M Mascaro, Herve Puy, Jean-Charles Deybach and Elisabeth I Minder
J Invest Dermatol 111: 406-409; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00327.x
Identification and Mapping of Keratinocyte Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes in Human Epidermis FREE
Assane Ndoye, Rico Buchli, Brandon Greenberg, Vu Thuong Nguyen, Shaheen Zia, John G Rodriguez, Robert J Webber, Monica A Lawry and Sergei A Grando
J Invest Dermatol 111: 410-416; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00299.x
Apolipoprotein E is Present in Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis FREE
Hiroko Furumoto, Takahiro Shimizu, Chidori Asagami, Masahiko Muto, Mutsuo Takahashi, Yoshinobu Hoshii, Tokuhiro Ishihara and Kazuyuki Nakamura
J Invest Dermatol 111: 417-421; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00294.x
Comparison of HPLC and Stereologic Image Analysis for the Quantitation of Eu- and Pheomelanins in Nevus Cells and Stimulated Melanoma Cells FREE
Eric Donois, Véronique del Marmol, Ghanem Ghanem and Jean-Étienne Surlève-Bazeille
J Invest Dermatol 111: 422-428; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00313.x
Ligands and Activators of Nuclear Hormone Receptors Regulate Epidermal Differentiation During Fetal Rat Skin Development FREE
László G Kömüves, Karen Hanley, Yan Jiang, Peter M Elias, Mary L Williams and Kenneth R Feingold
J Invest Dermatol 111: 429-433; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00296.x
Retinoic Acid Receptors Regulate Expression of Retinoic Acid 4-Hydroxylase that Specifically Inactivates All-Trans Retinoic Acid in Human Keratinocyte HaCaT Cells FREE
Yasmin Marikar, ZengQuan Wang, Elizabeth A Duell, Martin Petkovich, John J Voorhees and Gary J Fisher
J Invest Dermatol 111: 434-439; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00297.x
Glucocorticoid Deficiency Delays Stratum Corneum Maturation in the Fetal Mouse FREE
Karen Hanley, Kenneth R Feingold, László G Kömüves, Peter M Elias, Louis J Muglia, Joseph A Majzoub and Mary L Williams
J Invest Dermatol 111: 440-444; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00303.x
Photocarcinogenesis and Susceptibility to UV Radiation in the v-Ha-ras Transgenic Tg.AC Mouse FREE
Carol S Trempus, Joel F Mahler, Honnavara N Ananthaswamy, Susan M Loughlin, John E French and Raymond W Tennant
J Invest Dermatol 111: 445-451; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00237.x
Role of Staphylococcus Aureus Surface-Associated Proteins in the Attachment to Cultured HaCaT Keratinocytes in a New Adhesion Assay FREE
Martin Mempel, Tanja Schmidt, Stephan Weidinger, Christina Schnopp, Timothy Foster, Johannes Ring and Dietrich Abeck
J Invest Dermatol 111: 452-456; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00293.x
A Pulsed Electric Field Enhances Cutaneous Delivery of Methylene Blue in Excised Full-Thickness Porcine Skin FREE
Patricia G Johnson, Stephen A Gallo, Sek Wen Hui and Allan R Oseroff
J Invest Dermatol 111: 457-463; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00301.x
Predominant Expression of CD44 Splice Variant v10 in Malignant and Reactive Human Skin Lymphocytes FREE
Stephan N Wagner, Christine Wagner, Uwe Reinhold, Renate Funk, Margot Zöller and Manfred Goos
J Invest Dermatol 111: 464-471; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00302.x
Thymidine Dinucleotides Induce S Phase Cell Cycle Arrest in Addition to Increased Melanogenesis in Human Melanocytes FREE
Rémy Pedeux, Nada Al-Irani, Clarisse Marteau, Françoise Pellicier, Robert Branche, Mehmet Ozturk, Jocelyne Franchi and Jean-François Doré
J Invest Dermatol 111: 472-477; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00324.x
Dermal Fibroblasts Actively Metabolize Retinoic Acid but not Retinol FREE
R Keith Randolph and Marcia Simon
J Invest Dermatol 111: 478-484; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00307.x
Identification and Sequencing of a Putative Variant of Proopiomelanocortin in Human Epidermis and Epidermal Cells in Culture FREE
Gong Can, Zalfa Abdel-Malek, Patricia A Porter-Gill, Pritmohinder Gill, Steven Boyce, Gregory A Grabowski, James Nordlund and Jamal Farooqui
J Invest Dermatol 111: 485-491; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00315.x
Retrovirus-Mediated Transduction of Porcine Keratinocytes in Organ Culture FREE
Soosan Ghazizadeh, Robin Harrington, James Garfield and Lorne B Taichman
J Invest Dermatol 111: 492-496; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00298.x
Higher Frequency of Selective Losses of HLA-A and -B Allospecificities in Metastasis Than in Primary Melanoma Lesions FREE
Ralf Christian Geertsen, Günther Franz L Hofbauer, Feng-Yun Yue, Silvana Manolio, Günter Burg and Reinhard Dummer
J Invest Dermatol 111: 497-502; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00305.x
Erythema Multiforme Associated Human Autoantibodies Against Desmoplakin I and II: Biochemical Characterization and Passive Transfer Studies Into Newborn Mice FREE
Dagmar Foedinger, Adelheid Elbe-Bürger, Barbara Sterniczky, Maria Lackner, Reinhard Horvat, Klaus Wolff and Klemens Rappersberger
J Invest Dermatol 111: 503-510; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00328.x
Perturbed Epidermal Pterin Metabolism in Hermansky–Pudlak Syndrome FREE
Karin U Schallreuter, Wayne D Beazley, Nigel A Hibberts, Norma N Swanson and Mark R Pittelkow
J Invest Dermatol 111: 511-516; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00304.x
Expression of Epidermal Keratins and the Cornified Envelope Protein Involucrin is Influenced by Permeability Barrier Disruption FREE
Swarna Ekanayake-Mudiyanselage, Heinrich Aschauer, Fritz P Schmook, Jens-Michael Jensen, Josef G Meingassner and Ehrhardt Proksch
J Invest Dermatol 111: 517-523; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00318.x
Mutation Reports
A Novel Mutation in the L12 Domain of Keratin 5 in the Köbner Variant of Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex FREE
Philippa Galligan, Pawel Listwan, Gregory M Siller and Joseph A Rothnagel
J Invest Dermatol 111: 524-527; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00308.x
Novel Homozygous and Compound Heterozygous COL17A1 Mutations Associated with Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa FREE
Michaela Floeth, Jan Fiedorowicz, Heike Schäcke, Nadja Hammami-Hauasli, Katsushi Owaribe, Ralph M Trüeb and Leena Bruckner-Tuderman
J Invest Dermatol 111: 528-533; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00325.x
Novel COL7A1 Mutations in Dystrophic Forms of Epidermolysis Bullosa FREE
Atsushi Kon, Leena Pulkkinen, Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto, Isao Hashimoto and Jouni Uitto
J Invest Dermatol 111: 534-537; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00326.x
Letters to the Editor
Non-Invasive (Real-Time) Imaging of Histologic Margin of a Proliferative Skin Lesion In Vivo FREE
Salvador Gonález, Milind Rajadhyaksha and R Rox Anderson
J Invest Dermatol 111: 538-539; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00309.x
Somatic Mutations of the MEN1 Tumor Suppressor Gene Detected in Sporadic Angiofibromas FREE
Roland Böni, Alexander O Vortmeyer, Svetlana Pack, Wong-Song Park, Günter Burg, Thomas Darling, Lance Liotta and Zhengping Zhuang
J Invest Dermatol 111: 539-540; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00317.x
Erythropoietic Protoporphyria: A New Mutation Responsible for Exon Skipping in the Human Ferrochelatase Gene FREE
Éva Remenyik, George W Lanyon, Irén Horkay, György Paragh, Norbert Wikonkál, Ágnes Kósa and Michael R Moore
J Invest Dermatol 111: 540-541; doi:10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00300.x



