TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 122, Issue 4 (April 2004)

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Editorials

Clinical Snippets FREE

Lowell A Goldsmith

J Invest Dermatol 122: iv-iv; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1747.2004.22433.x

In This Issue FREE

Thomas Schwarz

J Invest Dermatol 122: v-vi; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22434.x

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Commentaries

Making Waves with Hairs FREE

Maksim Plikus and Cheng-Ming Chuong

J Invest Dermatol 122: vii-ix; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22436.x

Nail that Mutation—Keratin 17 Defect in Late-Onset Pachyonychia FREE

Frances J D Smith

J Invest Dermatol 122: x-xi; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22437.x

Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome—Molecular Genetics Beyond the Collagens FREE

Jouni Uitto and Franziska Ringpfeil

J Invest Dermatol 122: xii-xiii; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22435.x

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Original Articles

Cell Biology

Histamine Enhances the Production of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor via Protein Kinase Calpha and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase in Human Keratinocytes FREE

Naoko Kanda and Shinichi Watanabe

J Invest Dermatol 122: 863-872; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22432.x

Clinical Research

Incidence of Hand Eczema—A Population-Based Retrospective Study FREE

Birgitta Meding and Bengt Järvholm

J Invest Dermatol 122: 873-877; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22406.x

Connective Tissue

Type II Collagen Accumulation in Overlying Dermo-Epidermal Junction of Pilomatricoma Is Mediated by Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 and 4 FREE

Hideki Mieno, Kei Kuroda, Hiroshi Shinkai, Hidekatsu Yoshioka and Shingo Tajima

J Invest Dermatol 122: 878-884; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22417.x

Deficiency of Tenascin-X Causes Abnormalities in Dermal Elastic Fiber Morphology FREE

Manon C Zweers, Ivonne M van Vlijmen-Willems, Toin H van Kuppevelt, Robert P Mecham, Peter M Steijlen, Jim Bristow and Joost Schalkwijk

J Invest Dermatol 122: 885-891; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22401.x

Genetics

A Novel Mutation in the Second Half of the Keratin 17 1A Domain in a Large Pedigree with Delayed-Onset Pachyonychia Congenita Type 2 FREE

Sheng-Xiang Xiao, Yi-Guo Feng, Xiao-Rong Ren, Sheng-Shun Tan, Li Li, Jun-Min Wang and Yao-Zhou Shi

J Invest Dermatol 122: 892-895; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22408.x

Novel Mutations of the RNA-Specific Adenosine Deaminase Gene (DSRAD) in Chinese Families with Dyschromatosis Symmetrica Hereditaria FREE

Qing Liu, Wenli Liu, Li Jiang, Miao Sun, Yang Ao, Xiuli Zhao, Yong Song, Yang Luo, Wilson H Y Lo and Xue Zhang

J Invest Dermatol 122: 896-899; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22429.x

Monitoring the 3-Year Efficacy of Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Fabry Disease by Repeated Skin Biopsies FREE

Beth L Thurberg, H Randolph Byers, Scott R Granter, Robert G Phelps, Ronald E Gordon and Michael O'Callaghan

J Invest Dermatol 122: 900-908; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22425.x

Structural and Functional Consequences of Loricrin Mutations in Human Loricrin Keratoderma (Vohwinkel Syndrome with Ichthyosis) FREE

Matthias Schmuth, Joachim W Fluhr, Debra C Crumrine, Yoshikazu Uchida, Jean-Pierre Hachem, Martin Behne, David G Moskowitz, Angela M Christiano, Kenneth R Feingold and Peter M Elias

J Invest Dermatol 122: 909-922; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22431.x

Psoriasis Is Not Associated with IL-12p70/IL-12p40 Production and IL12B Promoter Polymorphism FREE

Nicolle H R Litjens, Mariena J A van der Plas, Bep Ravensbergen, Sandra C Numan-Ruberg, Yvette van Assen, H Bing Thio, Jaap T van Dissel, Esther van de Vosse and Peter H Nibbering

J Invest Dermatol 122: 923-926; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22427.x

Immunology/Infection

T Cell Epitope-Specific Defects in the Immune Response to Cat Allergen in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis FREE

Raquel Carneiro, Amanda Reefer, Barbara Wilson, Juergen Hammer, Thomas Platts-Mills, Natalie Custis and Judith Woodfolk

J Invest Dermatol 122: 927-936; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22407.x

Human Airway Trypsin-Like Protease Induces PAR-2-Mediated IL-8 Release in Psoriasis Vulgaris FREE

Kana Iwakiri, Mohammad Ghazizadeh, Enjing Jin, Masakazu Fujiwara, Tamiko Takemura, Shin-ichiro Takezaki, Seiji Kawana, Susumu Yasuoka and Oichi Kawanami

J Invest Dermatol 122: 937-944; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22415.x

UVB-Irradiated Dendritic Cells Fail to Tolerize Murine CD8+ Naïve or Effector T Cells FREE

Jan C Dudda, Ralf W Denfeld, Jan C Simon and Stefan F Martin

J Invest Dermatol 122: 945-952; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22423.x

Expression of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase in Dermal Fibroblasts Functions as a Local Immunosuppressive Factor FREE

Aziz Ghahary, Yunyuan Li, Edward E Tredget, Ruhangiz T Kilani, Takashi Iwashina, Ali Karami and Xiaoyue Lin

J Invest Dermatol 122: 953-964; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22409.x

Keratinocytes/Epidermis

A Novel Mouse Type I Intermediate Filament Gene, Keratin 17n (K17n), Exhibits Preferred Expression in Nail Tissue FREE

Xuemei Tong and Pierre A Coulombe

J Invest Dermatol 122: 965-970; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22422.x

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR)-beta/delta Stimulates Differentiation and Lipid Accumulation in Keratinocytes FREE

Matthias Schmuth, Christopher M Haqq, William J Cairns, Julie C Holder, Sheri Dorsam, Sandra Chang, Peggy Lau, Ashley J Fowler, Gary Chuang, Arthur H Moser, Barbara E Brown, Man Mao-Qiang, Yoshikazu Uchida, Kristina Schoonjans, Johan Auwerx, P Chambon, Timothy M Willson, Peter M Elias and Kenneth R Feingold

J Invest Dermatol 122: 971-983; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22412.x

25 Hydroxyvitamin D 1 alpha-Hydroxylase Is Required for Optimal Epidermal Differentiation and Permeability Barrier Homeostasis FREE

D D Bikle, S Chang, D Crumrine, H Elalieh, M-Q Man, E H Choi, O Dardenne, Z Xie, R St Arnaud, K Feingold and P M Elias

J Invest Dermatol 122: 984-992; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22424.x

Molecular Size as the Main Determinant of Solute Maximum Flux Across the Skin FREE

Beatrice M Magnusson, Yuri G Anissimov, Sheree E Cross and Michael S Roberts

J Invest Dermatol 122: 993-999; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22413.x

A Constitutive NADPH Oxidase-Like System Containing gp91phox Homologs in Human Keratinocytes FREE

Walee Chamulitrat, Wolfgang Stremmel, Tsukasa Kawahara, Kazuhito Rokutan, Hirotada Fujii, Kirstin Wingler, Harald H H W Schmidt and Rainer Schmidt

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1000-1009; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22410.x

Melanocytes/Melanoma

alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, MSH 11–13 KPV and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Signalling in Human Keratinocyte Cells FREE

Richard J Elliott, Marika Szabo, Mark J Wagner, E Helen Kemp, Sheila MacNeil and John W Haycock

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1010-1019; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22404.x

Photobiology

A Chemiluminescence Study of UVA-Induced Oxidative Stress in Human Skin In Vivo  FREE

Hao Ou-Yang, Georgios Stamatas, Claude Saliou and Nikiforos Kollias

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1020-1029; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22405.x

Immunoprotective UVA (320–400 nm) Irradiation Upregulates Heme Oxygenase-1 in the Dermis and Epidermis of Hairless Mouse Skin FREE

Munif Allanson and Vivienne E Reeve

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1030-1036; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22421.x

Tumor Biology

Evidence of Increased Apoptosis and Reduced Proliferation in Basal Cell Carcinomas Treated with Tazarotene FREE

Augusto Orlandi, Luca Bianchi, Antonio Costanzo, Elena Campione, Luigi Giusto Spagnoli and Sergio Chimenti

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1037-1041; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22414.x

Epicutaneous Application of CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides with Peptide or Protein Antigen Promotes the Generation of CTL FREE

Sandra K Klimuk, Hossain M Najar, Sean C Semple, Soudabeh Aslanian and Jan P Dutz

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1042-1049; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22411.x

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Letters to the Editor

Expression of Neuropeptide Galanin and Galanin Receptors in Human Skin FREE

Barbara Kofler, Alexandra Berger, Radmila Santic, Kerstin Moritz, Dietmar Almer, Camilla Tuechler, Roland Lang, Michael Emberger, Alfred Klausegger, Wolfgang Sperl and Johann W Bauer

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1050-1053; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22418.x

CD2BP1 and CARD15 Mutations Are Not Associated with Pyoderma Gangrenosum in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease FREE

Bill Newman, David Cescon, Adam Domenchini and Katherine A Siminovitch

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1054-1056; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22430.x

Hair Whorls and Monozygosity FREE

Michael L Paine, Caroline T Paine and Geoffrey A Machin

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1057-1058; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22420.x

Fetal Microchimerism Is Common in Normal and Diseased Vulvar Skin FREE

Sigrid Regauer, Patrizia Schwaiger, Bernadette Liegl and Michael Klintschar

J Invest Dermatol 122: 1059-1060; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22428.x

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