Human epithelial cells induce human melanocyte growth in vitro but only skin keratinocytes regulate its proper differentiation in the absence of dermis.
De Luca M, D'Anna F, Bondanza S, Franzi AT, Cancedda R.
De Luca M, et al.
J Cell Biol. 1988 Nov;107(5):1919-26. doi: 10.1083/jcb.107.5.1919.
J Cell Biol. 1988.
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., synthesize melanin granules, regularly intersperse in the basal layer of the cultured epidermis, and transfer melanosomes in the cytoplasm of contiguous keratinocytes) (De Luca, M., A. T. Franzi, F. D'Anna, A. Zicca, E. Albanese, S. ...
., synthesize melanin granules, regularly intersperse in the basal layer of the cultured epidermis, and transfer melanosomes in the cytoplas …