Desmosomal proteins, including desmoglein 3, serve as novel negative markers for epidermal stem cell-containing population of keratinocytes

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No single method has been universally adopted for identifying and isolating epidermal stem/progenitor cells, and the emergence of new markers of stem cell populations is worth exploring. Here we report, for the first time, that clusters of basal keratinocytes at the tips of the rete ridges in human palm, previously recognised as a major repository of stem cells, had very low levels of desmoplakin protein and mRNA...

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