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Order and disorder in corneocyte adhesion
4 May 2011
Abstract excerpt
Epidermal cornified cells are attached to each other with modified desmosomes, namely corneodesmosomes. Changes in the corneodesmosome degradation process influence the total thickness of the stratum corneum and surface appearance of the skin. The major extracellular constituents of corneodesmosomes are desmoglein 1, desmocollin 1 and corneodesmosin. The intracellular part of corneodesmosomes is cross-linked into...
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