1) Human cell
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Keratinocyte is the predominant cell type in the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, constituting 90% of the cells found there. Those keratinocytes found in the basal layer (stratum basale) of the skin are sometimes referred to as `basal cells` or `basal keratinocytes`. ==Function== The primary function of keratinocytes is the formatio...
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(from the article `stem cell`) The epidermis of the skin contains layers of cells called keratinocytes. Only the basal layer, next to the dermis, contains cells that divide. A ...
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<pathology> Skin cell, of the keratinised layer of epidermis: its characteristic intermediate filament protein is cytokeratin. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(kә-rat´ĭ-no-sīt) the cell of the epidermis that synthesizes keratin; about 95 per cent of the epidermal cells are of this type. The other primary type of epidermal cell is the melanocyte. In successive stages in the various layers of the skin, keratinocytes are known as basal cells, prickle cells, and granula...
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A skin cell from the uppermost layer of the epidermis.
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Skin cell, of the keratinized layer of epidermis: its characteristic intermediate filament protein is cytokeratin.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ke-rat′i-nō-sīt Definitions: 1. A cell of the living epidermis and certain oral epithelium that produces keratin in the process of differentiating into the dead and fully keratinized cells of the stratum corneum.
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