A number of genetic disorders are manifested in cutaneous epithelium and gene therapy approaches for treatment of such diseases are being considered. A successful gene therapy protocol requires ...

The epidermis is a specialized multilayered epithelium that provides a protective environmental barrier while also undergoing dynamic turnover and responding rapidly to injury. Keratinocytes of the ...

THIS paper is a selective and speculative review about some phases of skin biology. One of its purposes is to show how the technics of experimental embryology have been and can be adapted to ...

As the human body’s largest organ, the skin is responsible for protecting against a wide range of possible infections on all fleshy surfaces, from head to toe. So how exactly does the skin organize ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the developing caryopsis of rice (Oryza sativa L.) the nucellar epidermis forms a uniseriate layer through which assimilates are ...

How Does the Skin Barrier Work? If you looked at the stratum corneum under a microscope, it’s sort of takes after brick and mortar. It’s made up of cells called corneocytes that act as bricks. These ...