Clothing the Nude: A New Model for Trichogenesis FREE

David Pearton and Danielle Dhouailly

J Invest Dermatol 124: xix-xx; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23742.x

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Prospective Clinical Trial Registration FREE

Hywel C Williams and Robert S Stern

J Invest Dermatol 124: viii-x; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23665.x

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Our Legacy—of What? Of the JID, of Dermatology, of Physician-Hood, of (Wo)man-Hood? FREE

Karl Holubar

J Invest Dermatol 124: xiii-xiii; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23696.x

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Osteopontin in Melanocytic Lesions—A First Step Towards Invasion? FREE

Richard A Sturm

J Invest Dermatol 124: xiv-xv; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23741.x

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Clinical Snippets FREE

Andrea M Sattinger and Lowell A Goldsmith

J Invest Dermatol 124: vii-vii; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1747.2005.23800.x

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Organogenesis From Dissociated Cells: Generation of Mature Cycling Hair Follicles From Skin-Derived Cells FREE

Ying Zheng, Xiabing Du, Wei Wang, Marylene Boucher, Satish Parimoo and KurtS Stenn

J Invest Dermatol 124: 867-876; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23716.x

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Comprehensive Analysis of FGF and FGFR Expression in Skin: FGF18 Is Highly Expressed in Hair Follicles and Capable of Inducing Anagen from Telogen Stage Hair Follicles FREE

Mitsuko Kawano, Akiko Komi-Kuramochi, Masahiro Asada, Masashi Suzuki, Junko Oki, Ju Jiang and Toru Imamura

J Invest Dermatol 124: 877-885; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23693.x

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Constitutive Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase Is Involved in the Myofibroblast Differentiation of Scleroderma Fibroblasts FREE

Yoshihiro Mimura, Hironobu Ihn, Masatoshi Jinnin, Yoshihide Asano, Kenichi Yamane and Kunihiko Tamaki

J Invest Dermatol 124: 886-892; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23701.x

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Fifteen-Year Follow-Up of Hand Eczema: Predictive Factors FREE

Birgitta Meding, Karin Wrangsjö and Bengt Järvholm

J Invest Dermatol 124: 893-897; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23723.x

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Hyaluronan Synthase Induction and Hyaluronan Accumulation in Mouse Epidermis Following Skin Injury FREE

Raija Tammi, Sanna Pasonen-Seppänen, Elina Kolehmainen and Markku Tammi

J Invest Dermatol 124: 898-905; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23697.x

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Three-Dimensional Migration of Human Adult Dermal Fibroblasts from Collagen Lattices into Fibrin/Fibronectin Gels Requires Syndecan-4 Proteoglycan FREE

Fubao Lin, Xiang-Dong Ren, Greiling Doris and Richard A F Clark

J Invest Dermatol 124: 906-913; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23740.x

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A Novel Mutation in the Lysyl Hydroxylase 1 Gene Causes Decreased Lysyl Hydroxylase Activity in an Ehlers–Danlos VIA Patient FREE

Linda C Walker, Mayra A Overstreet, Adnan Siddiqui, Anne De Paepe, Gulay Ceylaner, Fransiska Malfait, Sofie Symoens, Phimon Atsawasuwan, Mitsuo Yamauchi, Serdar Ceylaner, Ruud A Bank and Heather N Yeowell

J Invest Dermatol 124: 914-918; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23727.x

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Mutations in the CYLD gene in Brooke–Spiegler Syndrome, Familial Cylindromatosis, and Multiple Familial Trichoepithelioma: Lack of Genotype–Phenotype Correlation FREE

Sarah Bowen, Melissa Gill, David A Lee, Galen Fisher, Roy G Geronemus, MariaLuisa Espinel Vazquez and Julide Tok Celebi

J Invest Dermatol 124: 919-920; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23688.x

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Fine Mapping of the Psoriasis Susceptibility Gene PSORS1: A Reassessment of Risk Associated with a Putative Risk Haplotype Lacking HLA-Cw6 FREE

J Invest Dermatol 124: 921-930; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23729.x

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Distinct Strains of Propionibacterium acnes Induce Selective Human -Defensin-2 and Interleukin-8 Expression in Human Keratinocytes Through Toll-Like Receptors FREE

István Nagy, Andor Pivarcsi, Andrea Koreck, Márta Széll, Edit Urbán and Lajos Kemény

J Invest Dermatol 124: 931-938; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23705.x

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In Vitro Keratinocyte Dissociation Assay for Evaluation of the Pathogenicity of Anti-Desmoglein 3 IgG Autoantibodies in Pemphigus Vulgaris FREE

Ken Ishii, Reiko Harada, Itsuro Matsuo, Yuji Shirakata, Koji Hashimoto and Masayuki Amagai

J Invest Dermatol 124: 939-946; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23714.x

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Transfer of CD8⁺ Cells Induces Localized Hair Loss Whereas CD4⁺/CD25^- Cells Promote Systemic Alopecia Areata and CD4⁺/CD25⁺ Cells Blockade Disease Onset in the C3H/HeJ Mouse Model FREE

Kevin J McElwee, Pia Freyschmidt-Paul, Rolf Hoffmann, Sabine Kissling, Susanne Hummel, Mario Vitacolonna and Margot Zöller

J Invest Dermatol 124: 947-957; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23692.x

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Evidence that Anti-Type VII Collagen Antibodies Are Pathogenic and Responsible for the Clinical, Histological, and Immunological Features of Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita FREE

David T Woodley, Carl Chang, Payam Saadat, Ramin Ram, Zhi Liu and Mei Chen

J Invest Dermatol 124: 958-964; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23702.x

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Immunolocalization of Low-Affinity Prostaglandin E₂ Receptors, EP₁ and EP₂, in Adult Human Epidermis FREE

Raymond L Konger, Steven D Billings, Angela B Thompson, Akira Morimiya, Jack H Ladenson, Yvonne Landt, Alice P Pentland and Sunil Badve

J Invest Dermatol 124: 965-970; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23658.x

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Dermal Delivery of Topically Applied Oligonucleotides via Follicular Transport in Mouse Skin FREE

Sujatha Dokka, Scott R Cooper, Susan Kelly, Gregory E Hardee and James G Karras

J Invest Dermatol 124: 971-975; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23672.x

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Less Keratinocyte-Derived Factors Related to More Keratinocyte Apoptosis in Depigmented than Normally Pigmented Suction-Blistered Epidermis May Cause Passive Melanocyte Death in Vitiligo FREE

Ai-Young Lee, Nan-Hyung Kim, Won-Ik Choi and Yun-Hee Youm

J Invest Dermatol 124: 976-983; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23667.x

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In Vivo Ultrastructural Localization of the Desmoglein 3 Adhesive Interface to the Desmosome Mid-Line FREE

Atsushi Shimizu, Akira Ishiko, Takayuki Ota, Hitoshi Saito, Hiroshi Oka, Kazuyuki Tsunoda, Masayuki Amagai and Takeji Nishikawa

J Invest Dermatol 124: 984-989; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23706.x

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Cornulin, a New Member of the "Fused Gene" Family, Is Expressed During Epidermal Differentiation FREE

Romuald Contzler, Bertrand Favre, Marcel Huber and Daniel Hohl

J Invest Dermatol 124: 990-997; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23694.x

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Isolation and Characterization of Human Repetin, a Member of the Fused Gene Family of the Epidermal Differentiation Complex FREE

Marcel Huber, Georges Siegenthaler, Nicolae Mirancea, Ingo Marenholz, Dean Nizetic, Dirk Breitkreutz, Dietmar Mischke and Daniel Hohl

J Invest Dermatol 124: 998-1007; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23675.x

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Unsaturated Fatty Acids Induce Calcium Influx into Keratinocytes and Cause Abnormal Differentiation of Epidermis FREE

Yuji Katsuta, Toshii Iida, Shinji Inomata and Mitsuhiro Denda

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1008-1013; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23682.x

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Proliferation, Cell Cycle Exit, and Onset of Terminal Differentiation in Cultured Keratinocytes: Pre-Programmed Pathways in Control of C-Myc and Notch1 Prevail Over Extracellular Calcium Signals FREE

Carine Kolly, Maja M Suter and Eliane J Müller

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1014-1025; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23655.x

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Regulation of the Expression of Peptidylarginine Deiminase Type II Gene (PADI2) in Human Keratinocytes Involves Sp1 and Sp3 Transcription Factors FREE

Sijun Dong, Toshio Kojima, Masakazu Shiraiwa, Marie-Claire Méchin, Stéphane Chavanas, Guy Serre, Michel Simon, Akira Kawada and Hidenari Takahara

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1026-1033; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23690.x

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The Book of Opposites: The Role of the Nuclear Receptor Co-regulators in the Suppression of Epidermal Genes by Retinoic Acid and Thyroid Hormone Receptors FREE

Sang H Jho, Constantinos Vouthounis, Brian Lee, Olivera Stojadinovic, Mark J Im, Harold Brem, Ankit Merchant, Katherine Chau and Marjana Tomic-Canic

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1034-1043; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23691.x

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Osteopontin Expression Correlates with Melanoma Invasion FREE

Youwen Zhou, Derek L Dai, Magdalena Martinka, Mingwan Su, Yi Zhang, Eric I Campos, Irene Dorocicz, Liren Tang, David Huntsman, Colleen Nelson, Vincent Ho and Gang Li

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1044-1052; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23680.x

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Upregulation of the IFN--Stimulated Genes in the Development of Delayed Pigmented Spots on the Dorsal Skin of F1 Mice of HR-1 HR/De FREE

Hirofumi Aoki and Osamu Moro

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1053-1061; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23721.x

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Late Cornified Envelope Family in Differentiating Epithelia—Response to Calcium and Ultraviolet Irradiation FREE

Benjamin Jackson, Claudia M L J Tilli, Matthew J Hardman, Ariel A Avilion, Michael C MacLeod, Gillian S Ashcroft and Carolyn Byrne

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1062-1070; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23699.x

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UVB Irradiation Increases the Release of SCF from Human Epidermal Cells FREE

Hidehiko Baba, Hideyo Uchiwa and Shinichi Watanabe

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1075-1077; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23447.x

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Sun Protection, Vitamin D Deficiency, and Management of Cutaneous Oncology in Organ Transplant Recipients (OTR) FREE

Jörg Reichrath and Kerstin Querings

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1077-1078; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23664.x

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Variation in Skin Thickness May Explain Some of the Within-Person Variation in Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Erythema at Different Body Sites FREE

Karen Waterston, Lisa Naysmith and Jonathan L Rees

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1078; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23704.x

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Proportion of Lifetime UV Dose Received by Age 18, What Stern et al Actually Said in 1986 FREE

Robert S Stern

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1079-1080; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23710.x

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Vitamin D Induces the Antimicrobial Protein hCAP18 in Human Skin FREE

Günther Weber, Johan D Heilborn, Clara I Chamorro Jimenez, Anna Hammarsjö, Hans Törmä and Mona Ståhle

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1080-1082; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23687.x

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Reporting Hardy–Weinberg Tests in Case–Control Studies: Reasons for Caution but not for Panic Reactions FREE

Charlotte Esser and Jürgen Tomiuk

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1082-1083; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23709.x

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A Novel Deletion Mutation in Keratin 5 Causing the Removal of 5 Amino Acids and Elevated Mutant mRNA Levels in Dowling–Meara Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex FREE

M W Kemp, S Klingberg, L Lloyd, T J Molloy, P Marr, Y Wang, G A C Murrell and D F Murrell

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1083-1085; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23739.x

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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 Gene in Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency with Leg Ulcer FREE

N Nagy, Gy Szolnoky, G Szabad, Zs Bata-Csörg, A Dobozy, L Kemény and M Széll

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1085-1088; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23689.x

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Increased Serum CCL28 Levels in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis, Psoriasis Vulgaris and Bullous Pemphigoid FREE

Shinji Kagami, Takashi Kakinuma, Hidehisa Saeki, Yuichiro Tsunemi, Hideki Fujita, Kiyo Sasaki, Koichiro Nakamura, Tomonori Takekoshi, Megumi Kishimoto, Hiroshi Mitsui, Mayumi Komine, Akihiko Asahina and Kunihiko Tamaki

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1088-1090; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23700.x

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