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Thymic hormones in human fetal skin epidermis
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This study examined human fetal skin, detecting the thymic hormone thymalin in young epidermal cells. Thymalin content varied with gestational age, and the population of thymalin-positive cells decreased as keratinocytes matured. By birth, these cells were located on the basal membrane and in some adjacent layers, a pattern seen consistently across different body regions.
Abstract
Thymic hormone thymalin is detected in young epidermal cells of human fetuses. Its content varies with gestation age. Maturation of keratinocytes in the epidermis is paralleled by a decrease in the population of young thymalin-positive cells. By birth they are located on the basal membrane and in some adjacent layers. This regularity was seen in different parts of the body.
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