keratinization

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ker·a·tin·i·za·tion

(kĕr′ə-tə-nĭ-zā′shən)

The process by which vertebrate epithelial cells become filled with keratin protein filaments, die, and form tough, resistant structures such as skin, nails, and feathers.

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keratinization - organic process by which keratin is deposited in cells and the cells become horny (as in nails and hair)

keratinisation

biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms

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ker·a·tin·i·za·tion

n. queratinización, proceso por el cual las células se vuelven callosas por dépositos de queratina.

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Occasionally, individual epidermoid cells possessed lamellar cytoplasmic keratinization or larger compact lamellations of keratin (keratin pearls) [Figure 1]c.

Mucoepidermoid Carcinomas Presented as Lobar Pneumonia

The intercellular cement, second product of keratinization, adhering the keratinocytes and helping in the waterproofing of the hoof capsule and observed in the present study, was not reported in other research with buffaloes (Silva et al.

Histological and Morphometric Characteristics of the Corneal Layer of Buffalo Hoof Capsules/ Caracteristicas Histologicas y Morfometricas de la Capa Cornea de las Capsulas del Casco de Bufalo

An underlying disorder of keratinization resulting in hyperproliferation also has been suggested given reports of familial CARP and electron microscopy studies demonstrating focal-enhanced expression of keratin-16 in the stratum granulosom.

Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis

Genotyped/phenotyped patients provide a resource for clinical and translational studies in disorders of keratinization.

New genetic causes of ichthyosis likely to emerge

In the last three decades, the dramatic efficacy of oral acitretin (representative of the second retinoid generation) in the systemic treatment of severe and recalcitrant keratinization disorders has been established in a large number of clinical trials.

Angioedema without urticaria caused by oral acitretin

in inflammatory conditions the fibrous capsule thickens cause ulceration and keratinization disappears.

HISTOPATHOLOGICAL TYPES OF ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYST - A STUDY

Porokeratosis is a well-known keratinization disorder where cornoid lamella is characteristically seen.

Porokeratosis palmaris et plantaris disseminata - a rare entity

Some small areas of keratinization and necrosis of tumor tissue were also present.

An incidental finding of thymic carcinoma during elective coronary artery bypass grafting/Slucajan nalaz karcinoma timusa tokom elektivne hirurske revaskularizacije miokarda

Investigators examined two hypotheses that might support decreased penile sensitivity: whether the exposed glans penis of circumcised men is less sensitive than that of intact men (where keratinization is hypothesized to take place), and if the highly innervated foreskin is more sensitive than other sites of the penis.

United States : Neonatal Circumcision Does Not Reduce Penile Sensitivity in Men

Alopecia and keratinization were gradually reduced, scraped wounds healed gradually.

Short Communication - Efficacy of Ivermectin Against Sarcoptic Mange in Camel

The pancreatic aspirate consisted of cohesive clusters of malignant epithelial cells; the cells were arranged in a streaming fashion, the nuclei were hyperchromatic with coarse chromatin, and keratinization was evident on the Papanicolaou-stained smear (Figure 4).

Metastases to the Pancreas Encountered on Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided, Fine-Needle Aspiration

Cytologic testing is complicated by the keratinization of the vulva, making this an unreliable diagnostic assessment.