Seborrheic Keratosis: A Tumor of the Infundibular and Isthmus of Hair Follicles - Identification of Hair Sheath Keratins and Histopathological Features Suggesting Hair Follicle Origin

    Kazuo ASO, Takako Shimoura, Hideki Hashimoto, Yutaka Hozumi
    Studysummary This study found that seborrheic keratosis lesions contain high levels of hair sheath keratin, suggesting they may originate from the upper hair follicle.
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    Research cited in this study 4

    1. Proliferating Trichilemmal Cyst With Histological Malignant Transformation: Identification of Hair Sheath Keratins in the Tumor The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology · 1989
    2. The Complement of Native Alpha-Keratin Polypeptides of Hair-Forming Cells: A Subset of Eight Polypeptides That Differ from Epithelial Cytokeratins Differentiation · 1986
    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. Seborrheic Keratoses and Trichostasis Spinulosa Journal of Cutaneous Pathology · 1979

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