Anti-Keratin Monoclonal Antibody Against Basal Cell Epithelioma Keratin: BKN-1

    August 1987 in “ The Journal of Dermatology ”
    Naoya Shimizu, Masaaki Ito, Toshio Tazawa … Yoshio Satō
    Studysummary This study reports that the monoclonal antibody BKN-1 specifically stained basal cell epithelioma cells and certain normal skin structures, indicating a similarity in keratin expression between the tumor and follicular epithelium below the isthmus portion.
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    1. Immunological Characteristics and Histological Distribution of Human Hair Fibrous Proteins Studied with Anti-Hair Keratin Monoclonal Antibodies HKN-2, HKN-4, and HKN-6 Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry · 1986
    2. Anti-Hair Keratin Monoclonal Antibody (HKN-2) The Journal of Dermatology · 1985
    3. Different Keratin Polypeptides in Epidermis and Other Epithelia of Human Skin: A Specific Cytokeratin of Molecular Weight 46,000 in Epithelia of the Pilosebaceous Tract and Basal Cell Epitheliomas The Journal of Cell Biology · 1982
    4. Outer Root Sheath Keratinization in Anagen and Catagen of the Mammalian Hair Follicle: A Seventh Distinct Type of Keratinization in the Hair Follicle - Trichilemmal Keratinization PubMed · 1981

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