TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 128, Issue 1 (January 2008)
Editorials
Clinical Snippets FREE
J Invest Dermatol 128: 1; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701193
See also: Original Article by Smith et al. See also: Original Article by Watabe et al. See also: Original Article by Man et al. See also: Original Article by Mockenhaupt et al. See also: Letter to the Editor by Lachiewicz et al.Research Snippets FREE
J Invest Dermatol 128: 2; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701029
Journal Club
The Role of Gadd45a in the Survival of Melanocytes and Melanoma Cells FREE
Vidya Rajpara, Shasa Hu and Robert S Kirsner
J Invest Dermatol 128: 4; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701198
Commentaries
Sounding the Alarm: Multiple Functions of Host Defense Peptides FREE
Richard L Gallo
J Invest Dermatol 128: 5-6; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701073
See also: Original Article by Carretero et al.Therapeutic Interference: A Step Closer for Pachyonychia Congenita? FREE
Elizabeth L Rugg
J Invest Dermatol 128: 7-8; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701065
See also: Original Article by Smith et al.Original Articles
Cell Biology
Expression of Bmi-1 in Epidermis Enhances Cell Survival by Altering Cell Cycle Regulatory Protein Expression and Inhibiting Apoptosis FREE
Kathy Lee, Gautam Adhikary, Sivaprakasam Balasubramanian, Ramamurthy Gopalakrishnan, Thomas McCormick, Goberdhan P Dimri, Richard L Eckert and Ellen A Rorke
J Invest Dermatol 128: 9-17; advance online publication, July 12, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700949
Activation of Proteinase-Activated Receptor-2 by Human Kallikrein-Related Peptidases FREE
Kristina Stefansson, Maria Brattsand, Dirk Roosterman, Cordula Kempkes, Georgeta Bocheva, Martin Steinhoff and Torbjörn Egelrud
J Invest Dermatol 128: 18-25; advance online publication, July 12, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700965
Ectopic Expression of Syndecan-1 in Basal Epidermis Affects Keratinocyte Proliferation and Wound Re-Epithelialization FREE
Nkemcho Ojeh, Katri Hiilesvuo, Anni Wärri, Markku Salmivirta, Tiina Henttinen and Arto Määttä
J Invest Dermatol 128: 26-34; advance online publication, July 12, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700967
Clinical Research
Stevens–Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis: Assessment of Medication Risks with Emphasis on Recently Marketed Drugs. The EuroSCAR-Study FREE
Maja Mockenhaupt, Cecile Viboud, Ariane Dunant, Luigi Naldi, Sima Halevy, Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, Alexis Sidoroff, Jürgen Schneck, Jean-Claude Roujeau and Antoine Flahault
J Invest Dermatol 128: 35-44; advance online publication, September 6, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701033
Genetics
Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome: Clinical and Genetic Studies of 20 Families FREE
Edward M Leter, A Karijn Koopmans, Johan J P Gille, Theo A M van Os, Gabriëlle G Vittoz, Eric F L David, Elisabeth H Jaspars, Pieter E Postmus, R Jeroen A van Moorselaar, Mikael E Craanen, Theo M Starink and Fred H Menko
J Invest Dermatol 128: 45-49; advance online publication, July 5, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700959
Development of Therapeutic siRNAs for Pachyonychia Congenita FREE
Frances J D Smith, Robyn P Hickerson, Jane M Sayers, Robert E Reeves, Christopher H Contag, Devin Leake, Roger L Kaspar and W H Irwin McLean
J Invest Dermatol 128: 50-58; advance online publication, August 30, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701040
See also: Commentary by RuggImmunology/Infection
Modulation of Keratinocyte-Derived MMP-9 by IL-13: A Possible Role for the Pathogenesis of Epidermal Inflammation FREE
Rahul Purwar, Melanie Kraus, Thomas Werfel and Miriam Wittmann
J Invest Dermatol 128: 59-66; advance online publication, June 28, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700940
Gene Expression Profiling of Lichen Planus Reflects CXCL9+-Mediated Inflammation and Distinguishes this Disease from Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis FREE
Joerg Wenzel, Bettina Peters, Sabine Zahn, Michael Birth, Kay Hofmann, Daniel Küsters, Stefan Tomiuk, Jens M Baron, Hans F Merk, Cornelia Mauch, Thomas Krieg, Thomas Bieber, Thomas Tüting and Andreas Bosio
J Invest Dermatol 128: 67-78; advance online publication, August 16, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700945
Characterization of a Hapten-Induced, Murine Model with Multiple Features of Atopic Dermatitis: Structural, Immunologic, and Biochemical Changes following Single Versus Multiple Oxazolone Challenges FREE
Mao-Qiang Man, Yutaka Hatano, Seung H Lee, Mona Man, Sandra Chang, Kenneth R Feingold, Donald Y M Leung, Walter Holleran, Yoshikazu Uchida and Peter M Elias
J Invest Dermatol 128: 79-86; advance online publication, August 2, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701011
Cell Biology
The Autoantigen in Anti-p200 Pemphigoid Is Synthesized by Keratinocytes and Fibroblasts and Is Distinct from Nidogen-2 FREE
Silke C Hofmann, Ursula Voith, Takako Sasaki, Ralph M Trüeb, Roswitha Nischt and Leena Bruckner-Tuderman
J Invest Dermatol 128: 87-95; advance online publication, July 19, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700952
Keratinocytes/Epidermis
Role of Sp1 in Transcription of Human ATP2A2 Gene in Keratinocytes FREE
Atsushi Takagi, Chiharu Nishiyama, Keiko Maeda, Tomoko Tokura, Hiroshi Kawada, Shunsuke Kanada, Yusuke Niwa, Nobuhiro Nakano, Nobuyasu Mayuzumi, Makoto Nishiyama, Shigaku Ikeda, Ko Okumura and Hideoki Ogawa
J Invest Dermatol 128: 96-103; advance online publication, June 28, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700937
PPAR and LXR Activators Regulate ABCA12 Expression in Human Keratinocytes FREE
Yan J Jiang, Biao Lu, Peggy Kim, Gyorgy Paragh, Gerd Schmitz, Peter M Elias and Kenneth R Feingold
J Invest Dermatol 128: 104-109; advance online publication, July 5, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700944
Cell Biology
PPAR
Enhances Keratinocyte Proliferation in Psoriasis and Induces Heparin-Binding EGF-Like Growth Factor FREE
Malgorzata Romanowska, Nadya al Yacoub, Henrik Seidel, Susanne Donandt, Hannah Gerken, Sandra Phillip, Nathalie Haritonova, Metin Artuc, Susann Schweiger, Wolfram Sterry and John Foerster
J Invest Dermatol 128: 110-124; advance online publication, July 19, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700943
Keratinocytes/Epidermis
Effects of Topically Applied Acitretin in Reconstructed Human Epidermis and the Rhino Mouse FREE
Edward Hsia, Michael J Johnston, Robert J Houlden, Wendy H Chern and Hans E J Hofland
J Invest Dermatol 128: 125-130; advance online publication, July 19, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700968
Melanocytes/Melanoma
Endothelin 3 Induces Skin Pigmentation in a Keratin-Driven Inducible Mouse Model FREE
Roman J Garcia, Avner Ittah, Sheyla Mirabal, Jessica Figueroa, Lidice Lopez, Adam B Glick and Lidia Kos
J Invest Dermatol 128: 131-142; advance online publication, July 5, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700948
Rab7 Regulates Maturation of Melanosomal Matrix Protein gp100/Pmel17/Silv FREE
Akinori Kawakami, Fumio Sakane, Shin-ichi Imai, Satoshi Yasuda, Masahiro Kai, Hideo Kanoh, Hai-Ying Jin, Kuninori Hirosaki, Toshiharu Yamashita, David E Fisher and Kowichi Jimbow
J Invest Dermatol 128: 143-150; advance online publication, July 12, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700964
Semaphorin 7a Promotes Spreading and Dendricity in Human Melanocytes through 
1-Integrins FREE
Glynis A Scott, Lindy A McClelland and Alex F Fricke
J Invest Dermatol 128: 151-161; advance online publication, August 2, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700974
Cell Biology
Involvement of Dynein and Spectrin with Early Melanosome Transport and Melanosomal Protein Trafficking FREE
Hidenori Watabe, Julio C Valencia, Elodie Le Pape, Yuji Yamaguchi, Masayuki Nakamura, François Rouzaud, Toshihiko Hoashi, Yoko Kawa, Masako Mizoguchi and Vincent J Hearing
J Invest Dermatol 128: 162-174; advance online publication, August 9, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701019
Melanocytes/Melanoma
Defective Cell Cycle Checkpoint Functions in Melanoma Are Associated with Altered Patterns of Gene Expression FREE
William K Kaufmann, Kathleen R Nevis, Pingping Qu, Joseph G Ibrahim, Tong Zhou, Yingchun Zhou, Dennis A Simpson, Jennifer Helms-Deaton, Marila Cordeiro-Stone, Dominic T Moore, Nancy E Thomas, Honglin Hao, Zhi Liu, Janiel M Shields, Glynis A Scott and Norman E Sharpless
J Invest Dermatol 128: 175-187; advance online publication, June 28, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700935
Protein Kinase C-II Represses Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Induced Invasion by Preventing the Association of Adapter Protein Gab1 and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in Melanoma Cells FREE
Masahiro Oka, Ushio Kikkawa and Chikako Nishigori
J Invest Dermatol 128: 188-195; advance online publication, July 12, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700961
Gadd45a Activation Protects Melanoma Cells from Ultraviolet B-Induced Apoptosis FREE
Caroline Fayolle, Julie Pourchet, Claude Caron de Fromentel, Alain Puisieux, Jean-François Doré and Thibault Voeltzel
J Invest Dermatol 128: 196-202; advance online publication, August 16, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700963
The DNA-Mismatch Repair Enzyme hMSH2 Modulates UV-B-Induced Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Melanoma Cells FREE
Markus Seifert, Stefan J Scherer, Wilfried Edelmann, Markus Böhm, Viktor Meineke, Markus Löbrich, Wolfgang Tilgen and Jörg Reichrath
J Invest Dermatol 128: 203-213; advance online publication, July 5, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700941
Photobiology
Nox1-Based NADPH Oxidase Is the Major Source of UVA-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species in Human Keratinocytes FREE
Antonio Valencia and Irene E Kochevar
J Invest Dermatol 128: 214-222; advance online publication, July 5, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700960
Wound Healing
In vitro and In vivo Wound Healing-Promoting Activities of Human Cathelicidin LL-37 FREE
Marta Carretero, María J Escámez, Marta García, Blanca Duarte, Almudena Holguín, Luisa Retamosa, Jose L Jorcano, Marcela del Río and Fernando Larcher
J Invest Dermatol 128: 223-236; advance online publication, September 13, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701043
See also: Commentary by GalloLetters to the Editor
Claudin Expression Modulations Reflect an Injury Response in the Murine Epidermis FREE
Azadeh Arabzadeh, Tammy-Claire Troy and Kursad Turksen
J Invest Dermatol 128: 237-240; advance online publication, July 12, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700966
Human Leukocyte Antigen Class II Alleles Are Associated with Risk of Alopecia Areata FREE
Nazila Barahmani, Mariza de Andrade, Joshua P Slusser, Qingyi Wei, Maria Hordinsky, Vera H Price, Angela Christiano, David Norris, John Reveille and Madeleine Duvic
J Invest Dermatol 128: 240-243; advance online publication, July 19, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700973
Melanocytes/Melanoma
Epidemiologic Support for Melanoma Heterogeneity Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program FREE
Anne M Lachiewicz, Marianne Berwick, Charles L Wiggins and Nancy E Thomas
J Invest Dermatol 128: 243-245; advance online publication, August 23, 2007; doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5701028
