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Skin Basement Membrane and Keratinocyte Hemidesmosomes: An Epithel-Connective Tissue Junctional Complex

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In the skin, the squamous epithelial layer of the epidermis and the connective tissue of the underlying dermis are firmly connected to each other as illustrated in panels A and B. The structural arrangement of their interface, the dermal-epidermal junction, provides an illuminating example of how these two tissue components are linked together.

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  1. Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    o. Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Margit Pavelka

  2. Yonsei University Graduate School, World Class University Program, Department of Biomedical Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

    Prof. Dr. med. Dr. sc. Dr. h. c. Jürgen Roth

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Pavelka, M., Roth, J. (2010). Skin Basement Membrane and Keratinocyte Hemidesmosomes: An Epithel-Connective Tissue Junctional Complex. In: Functional Ultrastructure. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99390-3_98

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