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Keratins, Hair-Specific

Known as: Trichocyte Type Cytokeratins, Hair Keratins, Keratins, Hard Tissue 
Keratins that are specific for hard tissues such as HAIR; NAILS; and the filiform papillae of the TONGUE.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Unique amino acid signatures that are evolutionarily conserved distinguish simple-type, epidermal and hair keratins
Keratins (Ks) consist of central α-helical rod domains that are flanked by non-α-helical head and tail domains. The cellular… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Germ cell tumors of the gonads: a selective review emphasizing problems in differential diagnosis, newly appreciated, and controversial issues
Gonadal germ cell tumors continue to be the cause of diverse, diagnostically challenging issues for the pathologist, and their… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Keratins of the human hair follicle.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The Catalog of Human Hair Keratins
The human type II hair keratin subfamily consists of six individual members and can be divided into two groups. The group A… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Genetically null mice reveal a central role for epidermal growth factor receptor in the differentiation of the hair follicle and normal hair development.
Mice harboring a targeted disruption of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) allele exhibit a severely disorganized hair… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Patterns of expression of trichocytic and epithelial cytokeratins in mammalian tissues. I. Human and bovine hair follicles.
The cytokeratin family of intermediate filament (IF) proteins can be grouped into the epithelial polypeptides ("soft alpha… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Patterns of expression of trichocytic and epithelial cytokeratins in mammalian tissues. II. Concomitant and mutually exclusive synthesis of trichocytic and epithelial cytokeratins in diverse human…
The hair-forming cells (trichocytes) and the mature hair contain four major trichocytic cytokeratins from each of the subfamilies… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The distribution of vimentin and keratin in epithelial and nonepithelial neoplasms. A comprehensive immunohistochemical study on formalin- and alcohol-fixed tumors.
Vimentin has been regarded as the intermediate filament characteristic of normal and neoplastic mesenchymal cells and keratins as… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Acidic and basic hair/nail ("hard") keratins: their colocalization in upper cortical and cuticle cells of the human hair follicle and their relationship to "soft" keratins
Although numerous hair proteins have been studied biochemically and many have been sequenced, relatively little is known about… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Changes in the pattern of cytokeratin polypeptides in epidermis and hair follicles during skin development in human fetuses.
Abstract The cytokeratin polypeptides of microdissected epidermis and hair follicles from human fetuses (from week 10 of… 
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