1. Molecular Dermatology Comes of Age
Cristina Has and Cassian Sitaru
2. Molecular Diagnosis of Autoimmune Blistering Diseases
Daisuke Tsuruta, Teruki Dainichi, Takahiro Hamada, Norito Ishii, and Takashi Hashimoto
3. Molecular Diagnosis of Genodermatoses
Vesarat Wessagowit
4. Three-Dimensional Visualization of the Molecular Architecture of Cell-Cell Junctions In Situ by Cryo-Electron Tomography of Vitreous Sections
Ashraf Al-Amoudi and Achilleas S. Frangakis
5. 3D Visualization of Epidermal Langerhans Cells
Akiharu Kubo, Keisuke Nagao, and Masayuki Amagai
6. In Vivo Imaging of Lymph Node Lymphangiogenesis by Immuno-Positron Emission Tomography
Viviane Mumprecht and Michael Detmar
7. Optical Imaging of HPV Infection in a Murine Model
Rhonda C. Kines, Hisataka Kobayashi, Peter L. Choyke, and Marcelino L. Bernardo
8. Laser Scanning Microscopy Approach for Semiquantitation of In Vitro Dermal Particle Penetration
Hagar I. Labouta, Ulrich F. Schaefer, and Marc Schneider
9. Analysis of Cutaneous Somatic Mosaicism
Anna M.G. Pasmooij and Marcel F. Jonkman
10. Global Proteome Analyses of SILAC Labeled Skin Cells
Adrian Sprenger, Victoria Küttner, Leena Bruckner-Tuderman, and Jörn Dengjel
11. MicroRNA Profiling During Human Keratinocyte Differentiation Using a Quantitative Real Time PCR Method
Janosch Hildebrand, Adam Grundhoff, Stefan Gallinat, Horst Wenck, and Anja Knott
12. Cell Death in the Skin: How to Study Its Quality and Quantity?
Roman Makarov, Peter Geserick, Maria Feoktistova, and Martin Leverkus
13. In Vitro Pathogenicity Assay for Anti-Desmoglein Autoantibodies in Pemphigus
Ken Ishii and Masayuki Amagai
14. Induction of Granulocyte-Dependent Dermal-Epidermal Separation by Autoantibodies Ex Vivo
Mircea Teodor Chiriac
15. Analysis of Collective Invasion of Carcinoma Cells in a 3D Organotypic Model
Jean Albrengues, Guerrino Meneguzzi, and Cedric Gaggioli
16. Isolation of Melanoma Tumor Initiating Cells from Surgical Tissues
Alexander D. Boiko
17. Detection, Enumeration, and Characterization of Immune Cells Infiltrating Melanoma Tumors
Benjamin Toh, Alessandra Nardin, Xilei Dai, Jo Keeble, Valerie Chew, and Jean-Pierre Abastado
18. Analysis of Cell Movement Between Skin and Other Anatomical Sites In Vivo Using Photoconvertible Fluorescent Protein "Kaede"-Transgenic Mice
Michio Tomura and Kenji Kabashima
19. Reconstitution of Skin Fibrosis Development Using a Tissue Engineering Approach
Véronique J. Moulin
20. Bioengineered Skin Humanized Model of Psoriasis
Marta Carretero, Sara Guerrero-Aspizua, and Marcela Del Río
21. Induction of Contact Hypersensitivity in the Mouse Model
Stefan F. Martin
22. Generation of Functional Multipotent Keratinocytes from Mouse Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Ganna Bilousova and Dennis R. Roop
23. RNAi-Mediated Gene Function Analysis in Skin
Slobodan Beronja and Elaine Fuchs
24. Mouse Models of Autoimmune Blistering Diseases Induced by the Passive Transfer of Antibodies
Wataru Nishie
25. Induction of Experimental Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita by Immunization with Murine Collagen VII
Alina Sesarman and Cassian Sitaru
26. Animal Model for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Michael R. Fischer, Dominik John, Kordula Kautz-Neu, Anja Schermann, Kirsten Schwonberg, and Esther von Stebut
27. Model for Generation of Large Numbers of Primary, Inflammatory Skin-Derived