Immunoperoxidase anti-keratin staining of epidermal and pilar cysts.
Epidermal and pilar cysts have been stained with anti-keratin antibodies raised from human hair and human callus. The staining properties of the two cysts are different and, in general, support the idea that they originate from epidermis and trichilemmal hair follicle layer respectively.
D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000032:analysis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007633:Keratins / Q000032:analysis
D007633:Keratins