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Iron Turnover in the Skin

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THE stratified squamous epithelium of human skin is constantly renewed by multiplication of the cells of the stratum germinativum. These cells migrate towards the surface, undergo keratinization and are eventually desquamated. It is usually assumed that the cellular contents, and in particular the cell iron, are lost to the body1. Our results throw doubt on this assumption.

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CAVILL, I., JACOBS, A., BEAMISH, M. et al. Iron Turnover in the Skin. Nature 222, 167–168 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222167a0

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