TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 127, Issue 2 (February 2007)
Editorials
Announcing "Milestones in Cutaneous Biology" FREE
Russell P Hall III Deputy Editor
J Invest Dermatol 127: 251-252; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700722
Clinical Snippets FREE
J Invest Dermatol 127: 253; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700721
See also: Letter to the Editor by Arita et al. See also: Original Article by Lebre et al. See also: Original Article by Ngo et al. See also: Original Article by Favre et al. See also: Original Article by Inoue et al.Research Snippets FREE
J Invest Dermatol 127: 254; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700732
Editors' Picks FREE
J Invest Dermatol 127: 255; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700709
Meeting Report
Epidermolysis Bullosa: From Fundamental Molecular Biology to Clinical Therapies FREE
Carol Featherstone
J Invest Dermatol 127: 256-259; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700731
Commentaries
Oct-4: The Almighty POUripotent Regulator? FREE
William Buitrago and Dennis R Roop
J Invest Dermatol 127: 260-262; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700654
See also: Original Article by Grinnell et al.Human Keratinocyte Toll-like Receptors Promote Distinct Immune Responses FREE
Lloyd S Miller and Robert L Modlin
J Invest Dermatol 127: 262-263; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700559
See also: Original Article by Lebre et al.What Is the 
2
1 Integrin Doing in the Epidermis? FREE
William C Parks
J Invest Dermatol 127: 264-266; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700573
See also: Original Article by Grenache et al. See also: Original Article by Zweers et al.Original Articles
Cell Biology
Select Cancer Testes Antigens of the MAGE-A, -B, and -C Families Are Expressed in Mast Cell Lines and Promote Cell Viability In Vitro and In Vivo FREE
Bing Yang, Sean O'Herrin, Jianqiang Wu, Shannon Reagan-Shaw, Yongsheng Ma, Minakshi Nihal and B Jack Longley
J Invest Dermatol 127: 267-275; advance online publication, September 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700548
Clinical Research
Genetic Variants of the Vitamin D Receptor Gene Alter Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma FREE
Chunying Li, Zhensheng Liu, Zhengdong Zhang, Sara S Strom, Jeffrey E Gershenwald, Victor G Prieto, Jeffrey E Lee, Merrick I Ross, Paul F Mansfield, Janice N Cormier, Madeleine Duvic, Elizabeth A Grimm and Qingyi Wei
J Invest Dermatol 127: 276-280; advance online publication, September 21, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700544
Connective Tissue
Cutaneous Gene Expression by DNA Microarray in Murine Sclerodermatous Graft-Versus-Host Disease, a Model for Human Scleroderma FREE
Lixin Zhou, David Askew, Caiyun Wu and Anita C Gilliam
J Invest Dermatol 127: 281-292; advance online publication, August 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700517
Role of Cathepsin K in the Turnover of the Dermal Extracellular Matrix during Scar Formation FREE
Thomas M Rünger, Maria Josefina Quintanilla-Dieck and Jag Bhawan
J Invest Dermatol 127: 293-297; advance online publication, August 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700535
Genetics
A Heterozygous Frameshift Mutation in the V1 Domain of Keratin 5 in a Family with Dowling–Degos Disease FREE
Haihui Liao, Yiwei Zhao, David U Baty, John A McGrath, Jemima E Mellerio and W H Irwin McLean
J Invest Dermatol 127: 298-300; advance online publication, August 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700523
SLURP1 Is a Late Marker of Epidermal Differentiation and Is Absent in Mal de Meleda FREE
Bertrand Favre, Laure Plantard, Lorène Aeschbach, Noureddine Brakch, Stephanie Christen-Zaech, Pierre A de Viragh, Ann Sergeant, Marcel Huber and Daniel Hohl
J Invest Dermatol 127: 301-308; advance online publication, September 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700551
Ten Novel Mutations of the ADAR1 Gene in Japanese Patients with Dyschromatosis Symmetrica Hereditaria FREE
Noriyuki Suzuki, Tamio Suzuki, Katsuhiko Inagaki, Shiro Ito, Michihiro Kono, Tatsuya Horikawa, Sakuhei Fujiwara, Akira Ishiko, Kayoko Matsunaga, Yumi Aoyama, Hiroko Tosaki-Ichikawa and Yasushi Tomita
J Invest Dermatol 127: 309-311; advance online publication, August 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700528
Follow-Up Analysis of PSORS9 in 151 Chinese Families Confirmed the Linkage to 4q31–32 and Refined the Evidence to the Families of Early-Onset Psoriasis FREE
Kai-Lin Yan, Wei Huang, Xue-Jun Zhang, Sen Yang, Yu-Ming Chen, Feng-Li Xiao, Xing Fan, Min Gao, Yong Cui, Guo-Long Zhang, Liang-dan Sun, Pei-Guang Wang, Jian-Jun Chen, Wei Li, Ze-hua Chen, Zhi-Min Wang, Da-zhi Wang, Kai-Yue Zhang and Jian-Jun Liu
J Invest Dermatol 127: 312-318; advance online publication, November 30, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700506
Immunology/Infection
Analysis of HIV-1-X4 Fusion with Immature Dendritic Cells Identifies a Specific Restriction that Is Independent of CXCR4 Levels FREE
Marjorie Pion, Jean-Francois Arrighi, Jiyang Jiang, Christopher A Lundquist, Oliver Hartley, Christopher Aiken and Vincent Piguet
J Invest Dermatol 127: 319-323; advance online publication, August 17, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700518
T Helper Type 2-Biased Natural Killer Cell Phenotype in Patients with Pemphigus Vulgaris FREE
Hayato Takahashi, Masayuki Amagai, Akiko Tanikawa, Shigeaki Suzuki, Yasuo Ikeda, Takeji Nishikawa, Yutaka Kawakami and Masataka Kuwana
J Invest Dermatol 127: 324-330; advance online publication, August 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700527
Human Keratinocytes Express Functional Toll-Like Receptor 3, 4, 5, and 9 FREE
Maria C Lebre, Angelic M G van der Aar, Lisa van Baarsen, Toni M M van Capel, Joost H N Schuitemaker, Martien L Kapsenberg and Esther C de Jong
J Invest Dermatol 127: 331-341; advance online publication, October 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700530
See also: Commentary by Miller & ModlinHLA-C Expression Pattern Is Spatially Different between Psoriasis and Eczema Skin Lesions FREE
Lina Carlén, Kazuko Sakuraba, Mona Ståhle and Fabio Sánchez
J Invest Dermatol 127: 342-348; advance online publication, September 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700549
Keratinocytes/Epidermis
Optimized Methodology for Sequential Extraction of RNA and Protein from Small Human Skin Biopsies FREE
Susanne R Berglund, Chad W Schwietert, Angela A Jones, Robin L Stern, Joerg Lehmann and Zelanna Goldberg
J Invest Dermatol 127: 349-353; advance online publication, October 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700557
Oxygen-Dependent Differentiation of Human Keratinocytes FREE
Mai A Ngo, Nadezda N Sinitsyna, Qin Qin and Robert H Rice
J Invest Dermatol 127: 354-361; advance online publication, September 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700522
Extracellular ATP Has Stimulatory Effects on the Expression and Release of IL-6 Via Purinergic Receptors in Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocytes FREE
Kaori Inoue, Junichi Hosoi and Mitsuhiro Denda
J Invest Dermatol 127: 362-371; advance online publication, August 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700526
De-Differentiation of Mouse Interfollicular Keratinocytes by the Embryonic Transcription Factor Oct-4 FREE
Katie L Grinnell, Baoli Yang, Richard L Eckert and Jackie R Bickenbach
J Invest Dermatol 127: 372-380; advance online publication, August 24, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700531
Abstract | Full Text | PDF | Supplementary information
See also: Commentary by Buitrago & RoopSurfactant Protein Expression in Human Skin: Evidence and Implications FREE
Young-Keun Mo, Orhan Kankavi, Paul P Masci, George D Mellick, Michael W Whitehouse, Glen M Boyle, Peter G Parsons, Michael S Roberts and Sheree E Cross
J Invest Dermatol 127: 381-386; advance online publication, September 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700561
Melanocytes/Melanoma
Quantitative Analysis of Melanocytic Tissue Array Reveals Inverse Correlation between Activator Protein-2
and Protease-Activated Receptor-1 Expression during Melanoma Progression FREE
Carmen S Tellez, Darren W Davis, Victor G Prieto, Jeffrey E Gershenwald, Marcella M Johnson, Marya F McCarty and Menashe Bar-Eli
J Invest Dermatol 127: 387-393; advance online publication, August 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700539
A Web-Based Data Warehouse on Gene Expression in Human Malignant Melanoma FREE
Balazs Györffy and Hermann Lage
J Invest Dermatol 127: 394-399; advance online publication, August 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700543
Tumor-Derived Fibronectin Is Involved in Melanoma Cell Invasion and Regulated by V600E B-Raf Signaling Pathway FREE
Cédric Gaggioli, Guillaume Robert, Corine Bertolotto, Olivier Bailet, Patricia Abbe, Anne Spadafora, Philippe Bahadoran, Jean-Paul Ortonne, Véronique Baron, Robert Ballotti and Sophie Tartare-Deckert
J Invest Dermatol 127: 400-410; advance online publication, September 7, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700524
Oxidative Stress Via Hydrogen Peroxide Affects Proopiomelanocortin Peptides Directly in the Epidermis of Patients with Vitiligo FREE
Jennifer D Spencer, Nicholas C J Gibbons, Hartmut Rokos, Eva M J Peters, John M Wood and Karin U Schallreuter
J Invest Dermatol 127: 411-420; advance online publication, August 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700538
Hermansky–Pudlak HPS1/pale ear Gene Regulates Epidermal and Dermal Melanocyte Development FREE
Thuyen Nguyen and Maria L Wei
J Invest Dermatol 127: 421-428; advance online publication, October 19, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700566
Photobiology
AKT Delays the Early-Activated Apoptotic Pathway in UVB-Irradiated Keratinocytes Via BAD Translocation FREE
Sofie Claerhout, David Decraene, An Van Laethem, Sofie Van Kelst, Patrizia Agostinis and Marjan Garmyn
J Invest Dermatol 127: 429-438; advance online publication, August 24, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700533
Tumor Biology
Deletion of Prostaglandin E2 EP2 Receptor Protects against Ultraviolet-Induced Carcinogenesis, but Increases Tumor Aggressiveness FREE
Sabine Brouxhon, Raymond L Konger, JoAnne VanBuskirk, Tzong-jen Sheu, Julie Ryan, Brandon Erdle, Anthony Almudevar, Richard M Breyer, Glynis Scott and Alice P Pentland
J Invest Dermatol 127: 439-446; advance online publication, September 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700547
Vascular Biology
Site of Blood Vessel Damage and Relevance of CD18 in a Murine Model of Immune Complex-Mediated Vasculitis FREE
Anca Sindrilaru, Stephan Seeliger, Jan M Ehrchen, Thorsten Peters, Johannes Roth, Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek and Cord H Sunderkötter
J Invest Dermatol 127: 447-454; advance online publication, September 28, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700563
Wound Healing
Wound Healing in the 2
1 Integrin-Deficient Mouse: Altered Keratinocyte Biology and Dysregulated Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression FREE
David G Grenache, Zhonghua Zhang, Laura E Wells, Samuel A Santoro, Jeffrey M Davidson and Mary M Zutter
J Invest Dermatol 127: 455-466; advance online publication, October 26, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700611
See also: Commentary by ParksIntegrin 21 Is Required for Regulation of Murine Wound Angiogenesis but Is Dispensable for Reepithelialization FREE
Manon C Zweers, Jeffrey M Davidson, Ambra Pozzi, Ralf Hallinger, Katharina Janz, Fabio Quondamatteo, Barbara Leutgeb, Thomas Krieg and Beate Eckes
J Invest Dermatol 127: 467-478; advance online publication, September 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700546
See also: Commentary by ParksLetters to the Editor
Survivin in the Human Hair Follicle FREE
Natalia V Botchkareva, Michael Kahn, Gurpreet Ahluwalia and Douglas Shander Gillette Technology Center, Needham, Massachusetts, USA
J Invest Dermatol 127: 479-482; advance online publication, August 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700537
Loss of Heterozygosity Analysis on Chromosome 12q in Disseminated Superficial Actinic Porokeratosis FREE
Zheng-Hua Zhang, Zhen-Min Niu, Wei Huang, Lei-Hong Xiang, Chao-Ying Gu, Lin Yang and Zhi-Zhong Zheng
J Invest Dermatol 127: 482-485; advance online publication, August 31, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700525
The Mitochondrial DNA Common Deletion Is Present in Most Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Samples Isolated by Laser Capture Microdissection but Generally at Reduced Rather than Increased Levels FREE
York Kamenisch, Julia Wenz, Gisela Metzler, Jürgen Bauer, Hans Neubauer, Claus Garbe, Martin Röcken and Mark Berneburg
J Invest Dermatol 127: 486-490; advance online publication, October 12, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700552
The South African "Bathing Suit Ichthyosis" Is a Form of Lamellar Ichthyosis Caused by a Homozygous Missense Mutation, p.R315L, in Transglutaminase 1 FREE
Ken Arita, Witold K Jacyk, Vesarat Wessagowit, Elizabeth Jansen van Rensburg, Tracy Chaplin, Charles A Mein, Masashi Akiyama, Hiroshi Shimizu, Rudolf Happle and John A McGrath
J Invest Dermatol 127: 490-493; advance online publication, September 14, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700550
