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The 18 pages that link to Keratinocyte, each with the reason it gives.

• Skin barrierRelated: Keratinocytes build the barrier and release signals that coordinate its defenses.

• EpidermisRelated: Keratinocytes build the epidermal layers and strengthen its protective surface.

• PsoriasisBroader topic: These skin cells multiply and mature abnormally within psoriasis plaques.

• Stratum corneumRelated: Keratinocytes differentiate into the corneocytes that populate this layer.

• Sebaceous glandRelated: These neighboring epidermal cells form the surface that sebum helps lubricate.

• MelanocyteRelated: Keratinocytes receive melanosomes from melanocytes in the epidermis.

• MelanogenesisRelated: Keratinocytes receive melanosomes and distribute pigment through the epidermis.

• MelanosomeRelated: Keratinocytes receive melanosomes from melanocytes.

• KeratinizationBroader topic: Keratinocytes undergo the maturation process that defines keratinization.

• Squamous cell carcinomaRelated: Cutaneous cases commonly arise from epidermal keratinocytes with squamous differentiation.

• RetinoidRelated: Retinoids alter keratinocyte growth and differentiation in both treatment and irritation.

• IchthyosisRelated: Many forms involve altered keratinocyte development or movement toward the skin surface.

• Human skinBroader topic: These cells mature and form the tough outer surface that limits water loss.

• Integumentary systemBroader topic: These cells create the tough, continually renewed surface of skin.

• WartRelated: HPV alters infected keratinocytes, producing the thickened surface of many warts.

• ComedoRelated: Dead keratinocytes contribute to the cellular material in the plug.

• Darier diseaseNarrower topic: Darier disease alters how these epidermal cells mature and adhere.

• PimpleRelated: Dead keratinocytes can accumulate with sebum and obstruct follicle openings.