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Extracellularly Extruded Syntaxin-4 Is a Potent Cornification Regulator of Epidermal Keratinocytes.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 14 Jan 2015
Kadono Nanako, Hagiwara Natsumi, Tagawa Takashi, Maekubo Kenji, Hirai Yohei
Abstract excerpt
In the skin epidermis, keratinocytes undergo anchorage-dependent cornification, which gives rise to stratified multilayers, each with a distinct differentiation feature. The active formation of the cornified cell envelope (CCE), an important element in the skin barrier, occurs in keratinocytes of the upper epidermal layers and impacts their terminal differentiation. In the present study, we identified the...
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