Summary
Desmosome-like structures in the cytoplasm which have so far been described in tumoral and acantholytic epidermal cells were observed on two occasions in morphologically normal basal and prickle cells. It seems that under specific conditions a normal epidermal cell can lose its contact with the surrounding cell during cell division and forms intracytoplasmic desmosomes.
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Desmosomenartige Strukturen im Cytoplasma, die bisher in tumorigen und akantholytischen Epidermiszellen beschrieben wurden, wurden bei zwei Gelegenheiten in morphologisch normalen Basal- und Stachelzellen beobachtet. Es scheint, daß unter besonderen Bedingungen normale Epidermiszellen ihren Kontakt mit den Nachbarzellen während der Zellteilung verlieren können und intracytoplasmatische Desmosomen bilden.
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Komura, J., Watanabe, S. Desmosome-like structures in the cytoplasm of normal human keratinocyte. Arch. Derm. Res. 253, 145–149 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00582066
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