Ultraviolet A-Induced Cathepsin K Expression Is Mediated via MAPK/AP-1 Pathway in Human Dermal Fibroblasts

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Qingfang Xu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qingfang Xu, Wei Hou

Affiliation Department of Dermato-Venereology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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Wei Hou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Qingfang Xu, Wei Hou

Affiliations Department of Dermato-Venereology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China, Department of Dermato-Venereology, the First Teaching hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, PR China
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Yue Zheng,

Affiliation Department of Dermato-Venereology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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Chen Liu,

Affiliation Department of Dermato-Venereology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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Zijian Gong,

Affiliation Department of Dermato-Venereology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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Chun Lu,

Affiliation Department of Dermato-Venereology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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Wei Lai ,

* E-mail: drlaiwei@163.com

Affiliation Department of Dermato-Venereology, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, PR China
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Howard I. Maibach

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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