title: Decreased expression of KGF/FGF7 and its receptor in pathological hypopigmentation.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, Sapienza Universita' di Roma, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Purpura
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Persechino
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Belleudi
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scrofani
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raffa
authors.forename: Severino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Persechino
authors.forename: Maria Rosaria
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Torrisi
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D020405:Dermis / Q000166:cytology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D017496:Hypopigmentation / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D020460:Melanosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C496453:FGF7 protein, human; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2