keratinization AmE , auch: keratinisation BrE

This process is called keratinization and takes place within about 27 days.

Tobacco use is associated with an increase in keratinization of the oral mucosa.

During tooth development there are strong similarities between keratinization and amelogenesis.

Put simply, acne is a disorder of the turnover of skin cells, called keratinization.

It has been suggested that the condition may result from premature keratinization of the inner root sheath.

"The degree of keratinization and the prominence of stippling appear to be related."

Erythrokeratodermia is the name of a group of keratinization disorders.

It shows premature and abnormal keratinization, and has been described as an example of apoptosis.

They are characterized by increased keratinization.

However, skin grafts differ from oral mucosa in: consistency, color and keratinization pattern.

The remaining 15% of cases are caused by a variety of diseases involving keratinization disorders.

There may be abnormal keratinization, where keratin is formed below the normal keratin layer.

Following inflammation, the red areas start keratinization, eventually forming the definitive plaques that appear brownish, dry and scaled.

"It reduces keratinization."

This phase is associated with a fall in progestogen levels, mucosal proliferation and keratinization.

Poorly differentiated squamous carcinomas contain more pleomorphic cells and no keratinization.

These multilayer epithelial sheets show signs of differentiation such as the formation of a basement membrane and keratinization.

Keratinization begins in the stratum spinosum.

Papanicolaou chose stains that highlighted cytoplasmic keratinization, which actually has almost nothing to do with the nuclear features used to make diagnoses now.

Keratinization is the differentiation of keratinocytes in the granular layer into dead surface cells to form the stratum corneum.

Parakeratosis is a mode of keratinization characterized by the retention of nuclei in the stratum corneum.

It is caused by a mutations in certain genes coding for keratin, which causes a defect in the normal process of keratinization of the mucosa.

Dyskeratosis is abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum corneum.

There is research that suggests that the 'keratinization' that results from both male and female circumcision helps prevent HIV transmission.