Human melanocytes grown in epidermal equivalents transfer their melanin to follicular outer root sheath keratinocytes

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 325-332

  Limat, Alain ^a   Salomon, Denis ^a   Carraux, Pierre ^a   Saurat, Jean Hilaire ^a   Hunziker, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Human; Melanocytes; Melanosomes; Organotypic cultures; ORS cells

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTEGRIN; INVOLUCRIN; KERATIN; KERATOHYALIN; MELANIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENDRITE; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; NORMAL HUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032972834     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050417     Document Type: Article

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