The 'melanocyte-keratin' mystery revisited: Neither normal human epidermal nor hair follicle melanocytes express keratin 16 or keratin 6 in situ

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 933-938

  Ramot, Y ^a,b   Gaspar E ^a   Dendorfer, A ^a   Langbein, L ^c   Paus, R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human hair follicle; Keratinocytes; Keratins; Melanocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 16; CYTOKERATIN 6; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 100; KERATIN ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MELANOCYTE; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-16; KERATIN-6; MELANOCYTES;

EID: 70349331690     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09294.x     Document Type: Article

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