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Glycophenotype of psoriatic skin.
Folia biologica - 1 Jan 2006
Lacina L, Plzáková Z, Smetana K, Stork J, Kaltner H, André S
Abstract excerpt
Psoriasis is considered an auto-immune disease with consequential keratinocyte hyperproliferation resulting in specific architecture of psoriatic skin. This process is associated with phenotypical keratinocyte changes including an altered carbohydrate expression pattern studied by labelled plant lectins. Expression of endogenous lectins and their reactive glycoligands are differentiation-dependent in squamous...
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