keratinocyte

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Etymology

From keratin +‎ -o- +‎ -cyte.

Noun

keratinocyte (plural keratinocytes)

  1. (biology) A cell in the epidermis that produces keratin; keratinocytes comprise 90% of the epidermis' cells.
    • 2015 August 18, Orestis Lyros et al., “Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Activation beyond Robust Nuclear β-Catenin Accumulation in Nondysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus: Regulation via Dickkopf-112”, in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.)‎[1], volume 17, →DOI:
      Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20].

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