CANDIDA-ALBICANS SUPPRESSES TRANSCRIPTION OF MELANOGENESIS ENZYMES INCULTURED MELANOCYTES

Authors
KIPPENBERGER S BERND A MENZEL I LOITSCH S RAMIREZBOSCA A KAUFMANN R
Citation
S. Kippenberger et al., CANDIDA-ALBICANS SUPPRESSES TRANSCRIPTION OF MELANOGENESIS ENZYMES INCULTURED MELANOCYTES, Mycoses, 40(9-10), 1997, pp. 373-375
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Mycology
Journal title
Mycoses → ACNP
ISSN journal
09337407
Volume
40
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
373 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7407(1997)40:9-10<373:CSTOME>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Human skin can be colonized by different yeasts that may have an impac t on skin pigmentation. In order to study this effect normal human mel anocytes were cultured with different yeasts. Reverse transcription po lymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis gives evidence that Candida albicans suppresses the transcription of melanogenesis enzymes.