keratinocyte

plural keratinocytes

1. biologyA cell in the epidermis that produces keratin; keratinocytes comprise 90% of the epidermis' cells.

   Recently, activation of Wnt signaling has been reported efficient for intestinalization of human esophageal keratinocytes in vitro [20].

   2015 August 18, Orestis Lyros et al., “Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Activation beyond Robust Nuclear β-Catenin Accumulation in Nondysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus: Regulation via Dickkopf-112”, in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.), volume 17, →DOI