PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION OF DESMOSOMES IN PLANTAR STRATUM-CORNEUM LEADS TO CELL-DISSOCIATION INVITRO
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 68 (2) , 93-97
Abstract
Pieces of plantar stratum corneum were incubated with trypsin. This resulted in cell dissociation. The only observable ultrastructural change caused by trypsin was a degradation of desmosomal plates between dissociating cells. This suggests that desmosomes are of primary importance in plantar stratum corneum cell adhesion.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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