Retinoic acid provokes metaplasia of epithelium formed in vitro by adult human epidermal keratinocytes.

doi:10.1046/j.1432-0436.1995.5840297.x

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Retinoic acid provokes metaplasia of epithelium formed in vitro by adult human epidermal keratinocytes.

Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Apr 1995

Asselineau D, Darmon M

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A striking effect of retinoids is their ability to alter cell fate during development. The mucous metaplasia produced by treating chick embryo skin in organ culture with retinoic acid is a classical example of this property. It has been impossible so far to demonstrate that retinoids are able to...

Topics

Adult
Culture Techniques
Epithelium
Humans
Keratinocytes
Metaplasia
Phenotype
Skin
Tretinoin

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