Tumour necrosis factor alpha, interferon gamma and substance P are novel modulators of extrapituitary prolactin expression in human skin.

Human scalp skin and hair follicles (HFs) are extra-pituitary sources of prolactin (PRL). However, the intracutaneous regulation of PRL remains poorly understood. Therefore we investigated whether well-recognized regulators of pituitary PRL expression, which also impact on human skin physiology and...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Ewan A Langan, Silvia Vidali, Natascha Pigat, Wolfgang Funk, Erika Lisztes, Tamás Bíró, Vincent Goffin, Christopher E M Griffiths, Ralf Paus
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0060819&type=printable