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. 2012 Jul 1;4(3):259–270. doi: 10.4161/derm.22028

Table 2. Expression of human RAGE in skin and skin cells*.

Skin in situ Methods of detection
Young donors:
High and middle epidermis
Papillary dermis
Old donors:
Middle and basal epidermis
Reticular dermis
Enhanced expression in sun-exposed skin
IHC45,46
Skin cell types in vivo
Fibroblasts
Dendric cells
Keratinocytes
Endothelial cells
Mononuclear cells
IHC45,46
Cell types in vitro  
Resident skin cells
Keratinocytes
Fibroblasts
Melanocytes
qRT-PCR,46 WB47
WB,43,45 qRT-PCR43,45
?
Immune cells and other cell types
Mononuclear phagocytes48
Dendritic cells49
T-lymphocytes50
Vascular dermal endothelial cells
WB,48 IF48
FC49
qRT-PCR50
qRT-PCR,51 WB51

FC, flow cytometry; IHC, immunohistochemistry; IF, immunofluorescence; qRT-PCR, quantitative real-time PCR; all other abbreviations are already explained in the text.