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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.
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1994
1994
Pigmentation defects are common in the inherited disease type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF1), predicting a role for the NF1 gene… 
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1990
Highly Cited
1990
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
Biopsies of involved and uninvolved skin from psoriatic patients and of normal skin were stained immunocytochemically with… 
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Biochemical and morphologic studies on the interaction of low density lipoprotein (LDL) with cultured normal keratinocytes and… 
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1985
Highly Cited
1985
Sensory nerves innervating rat distal limb skin were labeled by axonal transport of an enzyme-lectin conjugate injected into… 
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1985
Highly Cited
1985
The biopsies of normal lumbar and dorsal thoracic pig epidermis and dermis are described ultrastructurally at one, three, five… 
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1958
Highly Cited
1958
The localization of phosphorylase and amylo-1,6-glucosidase activity has been studied in surgical specimens of human skin from…