keratinocyte

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keratinocyte

[kə′rat·ən·ə‚sīt]

(histology)

A specialized epidermal cell that synthesizes keratin.

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keratinous degeneration

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REVERSING SKIN CELL AGING Epidermal keratinocytes in aging

Preventing and treating skin aging, Part II

The reasons for this are unclear but involve lack of oxygen reaching skin cells, delayed migration of keratinocytes, decreased collagen synthesis, and also delayed growth of new blood vessels within the wound.

Smoking Prematurely Ages Your Skin

E-cadherin at the cell periphery is a determinant of keratinocyte differentiation in vitro.

THE ISOLATION OF HUMAN SENESCENT CELLS BY THEIR INABILITY TO ATTACH TO FIBRONECTIN

Little is known about the active ingredients of coal tar or how it works in psoriasis, but it does reduce pruritis and infection, and helps to normalise keratinocyte function, reducing plaque formation.

Disorders of the skin

HaCaT cells, an immortalized human keratinocyte line, were grown in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's Medium (HyClone, USA) containing a low calcium (LC) concentration (1.

T Helper 1 and T Helper 2 Cytokines Differentially Modulate Expression of Filaggrin and its Processing Proteases in Human Keratinocytes

This ability is dependent on keratinocyte which can proliferate and respond to differentiation cues [20].

Phlorizin, an Active Ingredient of Eleutherococcus senticosus, Increases Proliferative Potential of Keratinocytes with Inhibition of MiR135b and Increased Expression of Type IV Collagen

com/your-skin-can-sniff-certain-aromas-that-help-it-heal-faster-28872) new study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology , it was found that these olfactory receptors also existed in the cells that form the outermost layer of the skin, called the keratinocytes.

Sniffing Aromas Can Heal Your Skin - Study

FGF receptors 1 and 2 are key regulators of keratinocyte migration in vitro and in wounded skin.

Flavonoids promoting HaCat migration: II. Molecular mechanism of 4',6,7-trimethoxyisoflavone via NOX2 activation

In a new study, researchers assessed the risk of keratinocyte carcinoma associated with the use of three UV nail lamp models.

UV nail lamps pose no skin cancer threat

They were prepared by primary cultures of fibroblast and keratinocyte cells on hydrated collagen sponges.

Bioactive chitosan scaffold co cultured with keratinocyte and fibroblast cells

Specific topics include isolation of adult mouse stem keratinocytes using magnetic cell sorting, growth and stratification of epithelial cells in minimal culture conditions, establishment of spontaneously immortalized keratinocyte lines from wild-type and mutant mice, directed differentiation of human embryonic stem cells to epidermal progenitors, expression and analysis of exogenous proteins in epidermal sells, and gene expression profiling of mouse epidermal keratinocytes.

Epidermal cells; methods and protocols, 2d ed

Additionally, genes associated with cell cycle and apoptosis were also regulated as might be expected considering the influence of RA on keratinocyte differentiation and cell death.