Onychofibroblasts induce hard keratin in skin keratinocytes in vitro

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 960-962

  Lee, D Y ^a   Yang, J M ^a   Mun, G H ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hard keratin; Nail; Onychofibroblast

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; VERSICAN;

CELL CULTURE; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; MESENCHYME CELL; NAIL BED; ONYCHOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MESODERM; NAILS;

EID: 70349339640     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09392.x     Document Type: Letter

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