TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION OF CULTURED HUMAN EPIDERMAL-CELLS
TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION OF CULTURED HUMAN EPIDERMAL-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(77)90058-7
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
GREEN, H
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作者:
GREEN, H
Three aspects of terminal differentiation of the epidermal keratinocyte in the presence of lethally irradiated 3T3 cells were studied in cell culture: the development of detergent-insoluble cytoplasmic filaments, the formation of a cornified cell envelope and the destruction of the cell nucleus. Earlier studies on intact skin suggested that chemical gradients between epidermis and dermis might be responsible for the differentiation of the epidermal cells. In surface culture, basal cells multiply and nonbasal cells undergo terminal differentiation, even though all the cells are bathed in the same medium and the terminally differentiating cells have, if anything, better access to the medium than do the basal cells. Differentiation also begins in virtually all singly suspended cells uniformly exposed to the medium. The program of differentiation is therefore independent in the cellular environment. Cell-cell contacts are not required for the development of detergent insolubility, the formation of the cornified envelope or the process of nuclear digestion, although they are essential for the formation of flattened squames. Unlike proliferation, which is strongly dependent upon fibroblast products, terminal differentiation proceeds in the absence of fibroblast support.