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Corticotropin releasing hormone and the skin.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Sept 2006
Slominski Andrzej, Zbytek Blazej, Zmijewski Michal, Slominski Radomir M, Kauser Sobia, Wortsman Jacobo, Tobin Desmond J
Abstract excerpt
Cotricotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and related peptides are produced in skin that is dependent on species and anatomical location. Local peptide production is regulated by ultraviolet radiation (UVR), glucocorticoids and phase of the hair cycle. The skin also expresses the corresponding receptors (CRH-R1 and CRH-R2), with CRH-R1 being the major receptor in humans. CRH-R1 is expressed in epidermal and dermal...
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