Cytokines and Other Mediators in Alopecia Areata

• Main Authors: Stamatis Gregoriou (Author), Dafni Papafragkaki (Author), George Kontochristopoulos (Author), Eustathios Rallis (Author), Dimitrios Kalogeromitros (Author), Dimitris Rigopoulos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Alopecia areata, a disease of the hair follicles with multifactorial etiology and a strong component of autoimmune origin, has been extensively studied as far as the role of several cytokines is concerned. So far, IFN-𝛾, interleukins, TNF-𝛼, are cytokines that are well known to play a major role in...