title: Thymic hormones in human fetal skin epidermis.
abstract: Thymic hormone thymalin is detected in young epidermal cells of human fetuses. Its content varies with gestation age. Maturation of keratinocytes in the epidermis is paralleled by a decrease in the population of young thymalin-positive cells. By birth they are located on the basal membrane and in some adjacent layers. This regularity was seen in different parts of the body.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Embryonal Histogenesis, Institute of Human Morphology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: Z S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Khlystova
authors.forename: I I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Kalinina
authors.forename: V Kh
authors.initials: VKh
authors.lastname: Khavinson
mesh_terms: D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D004817:Epidermis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005333:Fetus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013951:Thymus Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013951:Thymus Hormones; C032805:thymalin