Outer root sheath (ORS) cells organize into epidermoid cyst-like spheroids when cultured inside Matrigel: a light-microscopic and immunohistological comparison between human ORS cells and interfollicular keratinocytes

January 1994 in “ Cell and Tissue Research ”

Alain Limat, Dirk Breitkreutz, Thomas Hunziker, Christophe Klein, Friedrich Noser, Norbert E. Fusenig, Lasse R. Braathen

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