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Keratinization, function

Known as: cornification, keratinization 
The process in which the cytoplasm of the outermost cells of the vertebrate epidermis is replaced by keratin. Keratinization occurs in the stratum… 
National Institutes of Health

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AcrokeratosisCornification, functionHaxthausen's syndromeIchthyoses
Acrokeratosis Verruciformis of HopfBullous pemphigoidCongenital Nonbullous Ichthyosiform ErythrodermaCongenital ichthyosis

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Dermatologic disordersHistogenic Processkeratinocyte differentiation

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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Cell differentiation in human anagen hair and hair follicles studied with anti-hair keratin monoclonal antibodies.
By a hybridoma technique using BALB/c mice and Sp2/0-Ag14 mouse myeloma cells, monoclonal antibodies against hair fibrous… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Keratin in human lung tumors. Patterns of localization of different-molecular-weight keratin proteins.
In this immunohistochemical study, antiserums to different molecular weight keratin proteins (45kd, 46kd, 55kd, and 63kd) were… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Immunohistochemical localization of keratin-type proteins in epithelial neoplasms. Correlation with electron microscopic findings.
A rabbit antiserum prepared against human keratins isolated from calluses was applied to sections of 108 neoplasms using indirect… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Evaluation of vitamin A analogs in modulating epithelial differentiation of 13-day chick embryo metatarsal skin explants.
Seventeen vitamin A compounds were evaluated in organ culture for activity in altering epithelial differentiation of metatarsal… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Netherton's Syndrome and Ichthyosis Linearis Circumflexa: Psoriasiform Ichthosis
Two patients with typical features of both ichthyosis linearis circumflexa and Netherton's syndrome are reported. Although these… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Eruptive hidradenoma and syringoma. Histological, histochemical, and electron microscopic studies.
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Electron Microscopy of Skin and Mucous Membrane
In introducing this book, Dr. F. W. Lynch says that "Dr. Zelickson has both a primer for the active student in dermatology and a… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
The influence of hydrocortisone on the metaplastic action of vitamin A on the epidermis of embryonic chicken skin in organ culture.
In earlier work it was found that the addition of excess of vitamin A (10 i.u./ml.) to the culture medium produces drastic… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
The histochemistry of keratinization.
The process of epidermal keratinization is more than the production of a single substance resulting from the death of epidermal… 
1956
1956
Keratinization of the duct of the sebaceous gland and growth cycle of the hair follicle in the histogenesis of acne in human skin.
The earliest anatomical changes of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands in the histogenesis of a lesion of acne are…