| keratinocyte | <pathology> Skin cell, of the keratinised layer of epidermis: its characteristic intermediate filament protein is cytokeratin. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| keratinocyte growth factor | <growth factor> A growth factor structurally related to fibroblast growth factor. (18 Nov 1997) |
| keratinocytes | Epidermal cells which synthesise keratin and undergo characteristic changes as they move upward from the basal layers of the epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell. (12 Dec 1998) |