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Phenotypical and functional differences in germinative subpopulations derived from normal and psoriatic epidermis.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Feb 2005
Franssen Manon E J, Zeeuwen Patrick L J M, Vierwinden Gerty, van de Kerkhof Peter C M, Schalkwijk Joost, van Erp Piet E J
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A model that explains how maintenance of normal homeostasis in human epidermis is achieved describes a heterogeneous cell population of stem cells (SC) and transit amplifying cells (TAC). There must be a tightly regulated balance between SC self-renewal and the generation of TAC that undergo a limited number of divisions before giving rise to postmitotic, terminally differentiated cells. To investigate whether...
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