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Stratified squamous epithelium

Known as: Epithelium stratificatum squamosum 
Epithelium consisting of multiple layers of cells that are flattened and more cuboidal toward the base. Its function is protection. Outer layers may… 
National Institutes of Health

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Keratinized stratified squamous epitheliumNonkeratinizing stratified squamous epithelium
LGALS7 protein, humaninvolucrin

Broader (1)

Multilaminar epithelium

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Chronic caloric restriction induces forestomach hypertrophy with enhanced ghrelin levels during aging
Review
1998
Review
1998
Localization of Simian immunodeficiency virus-infected cells in the genital tract of male and female Rhesus macaques.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Enhancement of vinculin synthesis by migrating stratified squamous epithelium
A 110-115-kD protein is present at levels 27-fold higher in migratory epithelium in the rat cornea than in stationary epithelium… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Growth of stratified squamous epithelium on reconstituted extracellular matrices: long-term culture.
Oral keratinocytes grown at an air-liquid interface on stabilized matrices of collagen or a basement membrane exhibit a pattern… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A 13-week feeding study of butylated hydroxyanisole: the subsequent regression of the induced lesions in male Fischer 344 rat forestomach epithelium.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Middle ear cholesteatoma: an animal model.
Review
1983
Review
1983
Proliferative units in stratified squamous epithelium
The realization that some stratified squamous epithelia in animals and man are organized, in a far from random manner, into… 
1972
1972
The reliability of various mitotic index systems assessing mitotic activity in stratified squamous epithelium.
At various times within a 24 hour period 26 while albino rats aged from 3 to 15 months received an intraperitoneal injection of… 
1968
1968
Migration of stratified squamous epithelium in vivo. The development of phagocytic ability.
digestion con- centration the undigestible Thorotrast, fixation; 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE SKIN OF THE FROG (RANA PIPIENS).
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