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Preservation of phenotype in an organotypic cell culture model of a recessive keratinization defect of Norfolk terrier dogs.
Experimental dermatology - 1 Jul 2005
Barnhart Kirstin F, Credille Kelly M, Ambrus Andy, Dunstan Robert W
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study is to reproduce in vitro a recessive keratinization defect of Norfolk terrier dogs characterized by a lack of keratin 10 (K10) production. Keratinocytes from skin biopsy samples of four normal dogs and two affected dogs were cultured organotypically with growth factor-supplemented media in order to stimulate cornification. The cultured epidermis from the normal dogs closely resembled the...
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