title: The air liquid-interface, a skin microenvironment, promotes growth of melanoma cells, but not their apoptosis and invasion, through activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Japan.
authors.forename: Chong Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: Shigehisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uchihashi
authors.forename: Aki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsunobu
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Misago
authors.forename: Meihua
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.forename: Uemura
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tetsuji
authors.forename: Nobuhisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yonemitsu
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toda
keywords: air-liquid interface; collagen gel invasion assay; melanoma; mitogen-activated protein kinase; proliferation