Regeneration of the basal melanocytes of the human skin.
The stages of regeneration of the basal melanocyte of human skin after Feulgen reaction were found to be granule, unipolar cell, bipolar cell and bidendritic, tridendritic and quadridendritic melanocyte, in that order. The last mentioned cell either divided by mitosis to form two daughter melanocytes or matured to form a replica of the original basal melanocyte of the human skin.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008938:Mitosis; D012038:Regeneration; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling