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Andrea M Sattinger and Lowell A Goldsmith

J Invest Dermatol 124: v-v; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.1523-1747.2005.23826.x

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Human KAP Genes, Only the Half of it? Extensive Size Polymorphisms in Hair Keratin-Associated Protein Genes FREE

Michael A Rogers and Jürgen Schweizer

J Invest Dermatol 124: vii-ix; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23728.x

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Inflammation and Cancer: Is the Link as Simple as We Think? FREE

Brian J Nickoloff, Yinon Ben-Neriah and Eli Pikarsky

J Invest Dermatol 124: x-xiv; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23724.x

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Herpes-Associated Erythema Multiforme FREE

William L Weston

J Invest Dermatol 124: xv-xvi; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23764.x

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Size Polymorphisms in the Human Ultrahigh Sulfur Hair Keratin-Associated Protein 4, KAP4, Gene Family FREE

Naoyuki Kariya, Yutaka Shimomura and Masaaki Ito

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1111-1118; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23662.x

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Towards Dissecting the Pathogenesis of Retinoid-Induced Hair Loss: All-Trans Retinoic Acid Induces Premature Hair Follicle Regression (Catagen) by Upregulation of Transforming Growth Factor-2 in the Dermal Papilla FREE

Kerstin Foitzik, Tanja Spexard, Motonobu Nakamura, Ursula Halsner and Ralf Paus

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1119-1126; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23686.x

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Expression of Perilipin A on the Surface of Lipid Droplets Increases along with the Differentiation of Hamster Sebocytes In Vivo and In Vitro  FREE

Noriko Akimoto, Takashi Sato, Chikakazu Iwata, Masayuki Koshizuka, Fusatoshi Shibata, Ayako Nagai, Michihiro Sumida and Akira Ito

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1127-1133; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23718.x

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Amphiregulin Causes Functional Downregulation of Adherens Junctions in Psoriasis FREE

Eunkyung Chung, Paul W Cook, Charles A Parkos, Young-Kyu Park, Mark R Pittelkow and Robert J Coffey

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1134-1140; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23762.x

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CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides Prevent the Development of Scleroderma-Like Syndrome in Tight-Skin Mice by Stimulating a Th1 Immune Response FREE

Yan Shen, Motohide Ichino, Masatoshi Nakazawa and Mutsuhiko Minami

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1141-1148; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23730.x

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Topical Application of 17-Estradiol Increases Extracellular Matrix Protein Synthesis by Stimulating TGF- Signaling in Aged Human Skin In Vivo  FREE

Eui Dong Son, Jin Young Lee, Serah Lee, Mi Sun Kim, Byeong Gon Lee, Ih Seoup Chang and Jin Ho Chung

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1149-1161; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23736.x

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Smad3 and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Coordinately Mediate Transforming Growth Factor--Induced Expression of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Human Fibroblasts FREE

Suvi-Katri Leivonen, Lari Häkkinen, David Liu and Veli-Matti Kähäri

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1162-1169; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23750.x

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A Mutation in Bovine Keratin 5 Causing Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex, Transmitted by a Mosaic Sire FREE

Christine A Ford, Angela M Stanfield, Richard J Spelman, Bronwyn Smits, Alexandra EL Ankersmidt-Udy, Kenneth Cottier, Hilary Holloway, Adrian Walden, Muhannad Al-Wahb, Elizabeth Bohm, Russell G Snell and Greg T Sutherland

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1170-1176; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23610.x

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Genetics of Psoriasis in Iceland: Evidence for Linkage of Subphenotypes to Distinct Loci FREE

Ari Karason, Johann E Gudjonsson, Hjörtur H Jónsson, Valdimar B Hauksson, E Hjaltey Runarsdottir, Kari Stefansson, Helgi Valdimarsson and Jeffrey R Gulcher

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1177-1185; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23703.x

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Mutation Analysis of the ADAR1 Gene in Dyschromatosis Symmetrica Hereditaria and Genetic Differentiation from both Dyschromatosis Universalis Hereditaria and Acropigmentatio Reticularis FREE

Noriyuki Suzuki, Tamio Suzuki, Katsuhiko Inagaki, Shiro Ito, Michihiro Kono, Kazuyoshi Fukai, Hiromichi Takama, Kenji Sato, Osamu Ishikawa, Masatoshi Abe, Hiroshi Shimizu, Masaaki Kawai, Tatsuya Horikawa, Kunihiro Yoshida, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Tadashi Terui, Kaoru Tsujioka and Yasushi Tomita

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1186-1192; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23732.x

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Autosomal Dominant Cutis Laxa with Severe Lung Disease: Synthesis and Matrix Deposition of Mutant Tropoelastin FREE

Zsolt Urban, Jimin Gao, F Michael Pope and Elaine C Davis

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1193-1199; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23758.x

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A Novel Nonsense Mutation and Polymorphisms in the Mouse Hairless Gene FREE

Jin-Tao Zhang, Sheng-Guo Fang and Chun-Yao Wang

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1200-1205; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23744.x

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Transcriptional Regulation of ATP2C1 Gene by Sp1 and YY1 and Reduced Function of its Promoter in Hailey–Hailey Disease Keratinocytes FREE

Hiroshi Kawada, Chiharu Nishiyama, Atsushi Takagi, Tomoko Tokura, Nobuhiro Nakano, Keiko Maeda, Nobuyasu Mayuzumi, Shigaku Ikeda, Ko Okumura and Hideoki Ogawa

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1206-1214; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23748.x

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CD34+ Cells in the Peripheral Blood Transport Herpes Simplex Virus DNA Fragments to the Skin of Patients with Erythema Multiforme (HAEM) FREE

Fumitake Ono, BhuvneshK Sharma, Cynthia C Smith, Joseph W Burnett and Laure Aurelian

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1215-1224; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23712.x

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Human Keratinocytes Respond to Interleukin-18: Implication for the Course of Chronic Inflammatory Skin Diseases FREE

Miriam Wittmann, Rahul Purwar, Christina Hartmann, Ralf Gutzmer and Thomas Werfel

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1225-1233; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23715.x

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Additional Evidence that Pityriasis Rosea Is Associated with Reactivation of Human Herpesvirus-6 and -7 FREE

Francesco Broccolo, Francesco Drago, Anna M Careddu, Chiara Foglieni, Laura Turbino, Clementina E Cocuzza, Carlo Gelmetti, Paolo Lusso, Alfredo E Rebora and Mauro S Malnati

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1234-1240; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23719.x

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Role of the Chemokine Receptor CCR4 and its Ligand Thymus- and Activation-Regulated Chemokine/CCL17 for Lymphocyte Recruitment in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus FREE

Joerg Wenzel, Stephanie Henze, Eva Wörenkämper, Etiena Basner-Tschakarjan, Malgorzata Sokolowska-Wojdylo, Julia Steitz, Thomas Bieber and Thomas Tüting

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1241-1248; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23755.x

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Salivary Lactoferrin Is Recognized by the Human Herpesvirus-8 FREE

Philippe A Grange, Anne-Geneviève Marcelin, Vincent Calvez, Caroline Chauvel, Jean-Paul Escande and Nicolas Dupin

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1249-1258; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23756.x

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Identification of a Novel Keratinocyte Retinyl Ester Hydrolase as a Transacylase and Lipase FREE

Jay Gao and Marica Simon

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1259-1266; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23761.x

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Counter-Regulation of Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and IL-1 Receptor Antagonist in Murine Keratinocytes FREE

John B Mee, Christos Antonopoulos, Stephen Poole, Thomas S Kupper and Richard W Groves

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1267-1274; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23684.x

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Differential Expression of Phosphorylated NF-B/RelA in Normal and Psoriatic Epidermis and Downregulation of NF-B in Response to Treatment with Etanercept FREE

Paul F Lizzul, Abhishek Aphale, Rama Malaviya, Yvonne Sun, Salman Masud, Viktor Dombrovskiy and Alice B Gottlieb

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1275-1283; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23735.x

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Inverse Regulation of the Nuclear Factor-B Binding to the p53 and Interleukin-8 B Response Elements in Lesional Psoriatic Skin FREE

Claus Johansen, Esben Flindt, Knud Kragballe, Jeanette Henningsen, Majken Westergaard, Karsten Kristiansen and Lars Iversen

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1284-1292; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23749.x

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The Non-Receptor-Associated Tyrosine Kinase Syk is a Regulator of Metastatic Behavior in Human Melanoma Cells FREE

Christoph Hoeller, Christiane Thallinger, Barbara Pratscher, Malena D Bister, Nikolaus Schicher, Robert Loewe, Elisabeth Heere-Ress, Florian Roka, Veronika Sexl and Hubert Pehamberger

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1293-1299; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23685.x

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Clusterin Regulates Drug-Resistance in Melanoma Cells FREE

Christoph Hoeller, Barbara Pratscher, Christiane Thallinger, Dorian Winter, Dieter Fink, Boris Kovacic, Veronika Sexl, Volker Wacheck, Martin E Gleave, Hubert Pehamberger and Burkhard Jansen

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1300-1307; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23720.x

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The Effect of Solar-Simulated Radiation on the Elicitation Phase of Contact Hypersensitivity does not Differ Between Controls and Patients with Polymorphic Light Eruption FREE

Roy A Palmer, John LM Hawk, Anthony R Young and Sue L Walker

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1308-1312; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23659.x

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Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Impairment of Tumor Rejection Is Enhanced in Xeroderma Pigmentosum A Gene-Deficient Mice FREE

Hiroko Miyauchi-Hashimoto, Akira Sugihara, Kiyoji Tanaka and Takeshi Horio

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1313-1317; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23717.x

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Role of p38 MAPK in UVB-Induced Inflammatory Responses in the Skin of SKH-1 Hairless Mice FREE

Arianna L Kim, Jeffrey M Labasi, Yucui Zhu, Xiuwei Tang, Kim McClure, Christopher A Gabel, Mohammad Athar and David R Bickers

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1318-1325; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23747.x

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Mechanisms of Skin Tanning in Different Racial/Ethnic Groups in Response to Ultraviolet Radiation FREE

Taketsugu Tadokoro, Yuji Yamaguchi, Jan Batzer, Sergio G Coelho, Barbara Z Zmudzka, Sharon A Miller, Rainer Wolber, Janusz Z Beer and Vincent J Hearing

J Invest Dermatol 124: 1326-1332; advance online publication, June 3, 2005; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23760.x

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