[PDF][PDF] The disappearance and regeneration of Langerhans cells following epidermal injury

RJ Lessard, K Wolff, RK Winkelmann - Journal of Investigative …, 1968 - core.ac.uk
RJ Lessard, K Wolff, RK Winkelmann
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1968core.ac.uk
settled. The long considered theory regarding them as" worn-out elements... doomed to be
expelled"(13, 14) or" effete" melanocytes (15) has been strongly challenged. The theory of
their neural nature as intraepidermal receptors (16—18) has not had any definite
confirmation. The more recent hypothesis that considers them as a product of division or
transformation of melanocytes (19, 20) is questioned by recent quantitative and earlier
irradiation experiments (6—12).
settled. The long considered theory regarding them as" worn-out elements... doomed to be expelled"(13, 14) or" effete" melanocytes (15) has been strongly challenged. The theory of their neural nature as intraepidermal receptors (16—18) has not had any definite confirmation. The more recent hypothesis that considers them as a product of division or transformation of melanocytes (19, 20) is questioned by recent quantitative and earlier irradiation experiments (6—12).
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