ROLE OF GROWTH HORMONE-INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR SYSTEM IN THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SKIN AND IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PSORIASIS
Номер журнала:
3
Год издания:
2011
The paper reviews publications on the role of the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor system in the physiology of the skin and abnormalities in this system in the psoriatic skin. Whether the above system may affect the development of epidermal hyperproliferation observed in psoriasis is discussed.
Key words:
growth factor
growth hormone insulin-like growth factors (IGF)
IGF-binding proteins
psoriasis
keratinocytes
fibroblasts