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Expression of keratin K2e in cutaneous and oral lesions: association with keratinocyte activation, proliferation, and keratinization.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2003
Bloor Balvinder K, Tidman Nicholas, Leigh Irene M, Odell Edward, Dogan Bilal, Wollina Uwe, Ghali Lucy, Waseem Ahmad
Abstract excerpt
The cytoskeleton in keratinocytes is a complex of highly homologous structural proteins derived from two families of type I and type II polypeptides. Keratin K2e is a type II polypeptide that is expressed in epidermis late in differentiation. Here we report the influence of keratinocyte activation, proliferation, and keratinization on K2e expression in samples of cutaneous and oral lesions. The normal expression...
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