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The mouse erythrocyte binding receptor is expressed on human keratinocytes
A Dobozy1, J Hunyadi, B Bozoky
1Department of Dermatology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged.
Dermatologische Monatschrift
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Immunocytes and different types of epidermal cells share cell surface antigen characteristics e.g. keratinocytes react specifically with the Leu 11 (CD16) monoclonal antibody and they express MHC class II and OKM5 (CD36) antigens after gamma-interferon stimulation. The present study provides evidence that a subpopulation of human keratinocytes most probably at a certain stage of differentiation, possesses the mouse erythrocyte binding receptor the marker of a human B lymphocyte subset. This finding is a further evidence for the relationship between the epidermis and the immune system.