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Prickle cell layer of epidermis

Known as: Spiny Layer, Stratum Spinosum, Stratum Malphighii 
The part of the epidermis layer of the skin containing Langerhans cells, which are dendritic, MHC class II-expressing antigen presenting cells.
National Institutes of Health

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Epidermis
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2005
2005
Clinical and immunohistochemical evaluation of psoriatic plaques treated with topical 5‐aminolaevulinic acid photodynamic therapy
Background/purpose: The aims of this study were to investigate the clinical and immunohistochemical events of psoriatic plaques… 
1994
1994
Localization of neurofibromin to keratinocytes and melanocytes in developing rat and human skin.
Pigmentation defects are common in the inherited disease type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF1), predicting a role for the NF1 gene… 
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
Expression and regulation of insulin-like growth factor-I in the rat incisor.
Growth factors play an important role in the regulation of cell growth, division and differentiation. In this study the… 
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1993
Highly Cited
1993
Hyperproliferation-associated keratin expression in human middle ear cholesteatoma.
Cholesteatoma is characterized by the presence of a squamous epithelium invading the middle ear altering its growth properties… 
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1990
Highly Cited
1990
Phenotypes and interactions of human melanocytes and keratinocytes in an epidermal reconstruction model.
The morphologic and antigenic phenotype of normal human melanocytes and keratinocytes was investigated in monolayer and 3… 
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Immunohistochemical localization of urokinase- and tissue-type plasminogen activators in psoriatic skin.
Biopsies of involved and uninvolved skin from psoriatic patients and of normal skin were stained immunocytochemically with… 
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1970
Highly Cited
1970
Fine-structural observations on the formation and enzymatic activity of keratinosomes in mouse tongue filiform papillae.
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1968
Highly Cited
1968
The ultrastructure of normal squamous epithelium of the human cervix uteri.
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1962
Highly Cited
1962
The ultrastructure of the epidermis in psoriasis vulgaris as revealed by electron microscopy. 2. The stratum spinosum in parakeratosis without keratohyalin.
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1958
Highly Cited
1958
HISTOLOGY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY OF HUMAN SKIN. XV. SITES OF PHOSPHORYLASE AND AMYLO-1,6-GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY
The localization of phosphorylase and amylo-1,6-glucosidase activity has been studied in surgical specimens of human skin from… 
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