19 May 2024
Dead Useful
How our skin's outermost layer made up of dead cells (corneocytes) maintains a steady state that protects us isn't fully understood – this study reveals how three distinct zones of cell pH in this layer vitally regulate enzymes to maintain function
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- Still from a video from work by Keitaro Fukuda, Yoshihiro Ito and Yuki Furuichi, and colleagues
- Laboratory for Skin Homeostasis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan
- Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Nature Communications, May 2024
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