Developing stratified epithelia: lessons from the epidermis and thymus
Roberts N, Horsley V. Developing stratified epithelia: lessons from the epidermis and thymus. WIREs Mechanisms Of Disease 2014, 3: 389-402. PMID: 25176390, PMCID: PMC4283209, DOI: 10.1002/wdev.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-restricted T cellsSkin epidermisNumber of organsSquamous epithelial cellsThymic epitheliumT cellsForeign pathogensMulti-layered epitheliumHair folliclesProgenitor cellsEpithelial cellsThymusEpithelial differentiation programEpitheliumStratified epitheliumEpithelial tissuesMolecular mechanismsEpidermisDifferentiation programTissueCellsNegative selectionEmbryonic germ layers