New insight in vitiligo: immunopathology

Authors	R.M.J.G.J. van den Wijngaard
Supervisors	J.J. Weening
Cosupervisors	P.K. Das W. Westerhof
Award date	29-06-2001
ISBN	9090149066 9789090149066
Number of pages	171
Organisations	Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Geneeskunde, Immunologie/CLDO
Downloads	Thesis Cover Titlepage Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Tenascin is overexpressed in vitiligo lesional skin and inhibits melanocyte adhesion Chapter 3 Expression and modulation of adoptosis regulatory molecules in human melanocytes: significance in vitiligo Chapter 4 Aberrant expression of complement regulatory proteins, membrane cofactor protein (mcp) and decay accelerating factor (daf), in the involved epidermis of patients with vitiligo Chapter 5 Presence of T cells and macrophages in inflammatory vitiligo skin parallels melanocyte disappearance Chapter 6 Local immune response in skin of generalized vitiligo patients Chapter 7 Protective mechanisms in lethal T cell / melanocyte interactions Chapter 8 Autoimmune melanocyte destruction in vitiligo Chapter 9 Summary and concluding remarks Cover
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