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Alteration and significance of heparin-binding epidermal-growth-factor-like growth factor in psoriatic epidermis.
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2003
Zheng Yan, Peng Zhenhui, Wang Yili, Tan Shengshun, Xi Yanping, Wang Guorong
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BACKGROUND: Heparin-binding epidermal-growth-factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF) has proved to be a mitogen of keratinocytes, which may be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, but its mechanism in psoriasis remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the alteration of HB-EGF in the epidermis of active psoriasis vulgaris. METHODS: The expression of HB-EGF in normal skin tissues, uninvolved tissues...
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