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keratinocytes

keratinocytes is the plural of keratinocyte.

Meaning of keratinocyte

Noun

keratinocyte (plural keratinocytes)

  1. A cell in the epidermis that produces keratin; keratinocytes comprise 90% of the epidermis' cells.
    • Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20].2015 August 18, Orestis Lyros et al., “Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Activation beyond Robust Nuclear β-Catenin Accumulation in Nondysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus: Regulation via Dickkopf-112”, in Neoplasia...

Questions about keratinocytes

What is keratinocytes the plural of?
Keratinocytes is the plural of keratinocyte.

Words near keratinocytes in the dictionary

  1. keratinize
  2. keratinized
  3. keratinizes
  4. keratinizing
  5. keratinocyte
  6. keratinocytes
  7. keratinocytic
  8. keratinogenesis
  9. keratinoid
  10. keratinolysis
  11. keratinolytic

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