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1Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201.
Abstract:
Recently, morphologic evidence that epidermal Langerhans cells (ELC) undergo a mitotic cycle in normal mouse ear skin has been presented. In the present study, using immunohistochemical staining, we examined the mitotic activity of Thy-1-positive dendritic epidermal cells (Thy-1+DEC) in the normal murine epidermis. A small number of Thy-1+DEC showed round, cleaved, paired, and paired dendritic morphologies, which are identical to those occurring during ELC mitosis. We conclude that normal Thy-1+DEC undergo mitosis within the epidermis to maintain their population in the murine epidermis.
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