Serotoninergic and melatoninergic systems are fully expressed in human skin
Open Access
- 10 April 2002
- journal article
- fj express-summaries
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 16 (8), 896-898
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.01-0952fje
Abstract
We investigated the cutaneous expression of genes and enzymes responsible for the multistep conversion of tryptophan to serotonin and further to melatonin. Samples tested were human skin, normal and ...Keywords
Funding Information
- Karolinska Institutet
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