February 2023 in “Mağallaẗ Tikrīt li-l-ʻulūm al-ṣirfaẗ/Tikrit journal of pure science” In this study, the researchers reported the detailed anatomical structure of horse skin, including the composition and organization of the epidermis, dermis, and associated glands and follicles.
January 2024 in “RSC pharmaceutics” This source discusses using stratum corneum ablation as a promising method to enhance transdermal drug delivery by temporarily removing the skin's outermost barrier to improve medication absorption.
November 2016 in “Oncology Letters” This study suggests that the expression patterns of keratin and filaggrin indicate milia may originate from the outermost cells of the hair bulge in the outer root sheath.
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July 1998 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study identified and characterized a gene called 4C32, which is expressed in the periderm of embryonic mouse skin and has a structure similar to keratin-associated proteins.
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May 2024 in “Tissue Barriers” The researchers reported that components of keratinocytes influence the formation and differentiation of the stratum corneum, the epidermis's most specialized layer.