Multiparameter flow cytometric characterization of epidermal cell suspensions prepared from normal and hyperproliferative human skin using an optimized thermolysin-trypsin protocol

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 288, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 203-210

  Glade, Conrad P ^a   Seegers, Bianca A M P A ^a   Meulen, Etienne F J ^a   Van Hooijdonk, Candida A E M ^a   Van Erp, Piet E J ^a   Van De Kerkhof, Peter C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Human epidermis; Separation method; Tape stripping; Thermolysin trypsin

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; THERMOLYSIN; TRYPSIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REGENERATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029990997     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02505225     Document Type: Article

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