Characterization of Human Keratinocyte Cell Lines for Barrier Studies

• Main Authors: Mary C. Moran (Author), Radha P. Pandya (Author), Kimberly A. Leffler (Author), Takeshi Yoshida (Author), Lisa A. Beck (Author), Matthew G. Brewer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epidermal cell models are critical for studying skin biology. The gold standard used by the scientific community has historically been primary cell cultures from discarded tissue, typically from neonates (foreskin). Although directly applicable to humans, this system suffers from multiple issues, in...