Sima Jain Dermatology 2012 Illustrated Study Guide and Comprehensive Board Review 10.1007/978-1-4419-0525-3_1 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
1. Basic Science and Immunology
Sima Jain 1, 2
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College of Medicine Private Practice, Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology University of Illinois at Chicago, West Dundee, IL, USA
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Abstract
Functions as a mechanical and antimicrobial barrier; protects against water loss and provides immunological protection; thickness varies from 0.04 mm (eyelid skin) to 1.5 mm (palmoplantar skin).
1.1 EMBRYOLOGY
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Developm ent of Cutaneous Structures
Gestational Age (Estimated) | Epidermal Development | Hair, Nail, and Gland Development | Dermal/Subcutaneous Development |
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First trimester |
34 weeks | Single layer of ectoderm |
6 weeks | Outer flattened periderm and inner, cuboidal germinal (basal) layer | Germinal layer in contact w/ underlying mesenchyme |
7 weeks | Fetal basement membrane | Tooth primordia |
812 weeks | Epidermal stratification begins 8 week | Dermal-subcutaneous boundary distinct |
Appearance of |
Melanocytes |
Langherhans cells |
Merkel cells |
912 weeks | Appearance of anchoring filaments/hemidesmosomes | Hair follicle and nail primordia seen |
Second trimester |
12 weeks | Formation of dermo-epidermal junction (DEJ) | Nail bed starts to keratinize, proximal nail fold forms | Type III collagen appears |
1214 weeks | Parallel ectodermal ridges (fingerprints) | Eccrine and sebaceous gland primordia seen | Fibroblasts actively synthesizing collagen and elastin in dermis |
1224 weeks | Melanin production (1216 weeks), melanosome transfer (20 weeks) | Hair follicles differentiate during second trimester (seven concentric layers present) |
1520 weeks | Follicular keratinization, nail plate completely covers nail bed | Papillary/reticular boundary distinct, dermal ridges appear |
22 weeks | Trunk eccrine gland primordia | Elastic fiber seen |
2224 weeks | Mature epidermis complete (w/ interfollicular keratinization ) | Adipocytes appear under dermis |
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Germinal layer produces entire epidermis
Completed by second trimester
1.3 Epidermis
Functions as a mechanical and antimicrobial barrier; protects against water loss and provides immunological protection; thickness varies from 0.04 mm (eyelid skin) to 1.5 mm (palmoplantar skin)
Divided into four layers (each with characteristic cell shape and intracellular proteins): stratum corneum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, and stratum basale (germinativum); of note, stratum lucidum is additional layer in palmoplantar skin
Keratinocytes
Ectodermal derivation : keratinocytes comprise approximately 8085% of epidermal cells
Total epidermal turnover time: average 4560 days (3050 days from stratum basale to stratum corneum and approximately 14 days from stratum corneum to desquamation)
Epidermal self-renewal maintained via stem cells in basal layer of interfollicular epithelium and the bulg e region of hair follicles (latter location only activated with epidermal injury)
Keratinocytes produce keratin filaments (syn: intermediate filaments or tonofilaments), which form the cells cytoskeletal network; this provides resilience, structural integrity, along with serving as a marker for differentiation (i.e., basal layer: K5/14)
Six different types of keratin filaments: type I/II are epithelial/hair keratins, type IIIVI include desmin, vimentin, neurofilaments, nuclear lamins, and nestin
>50 different epithelial/hair keratins, expressed as either type I (acidic) or type II (basic), and type I/II coexpressed together as a heterodimer (i.e., K5/14)
Type I (acidic) epithelial keratins: K928, chromosome 17
Type I (acidic) hair keratins: K3140 (old nomenclature: hHa1-hHa8, Ka35, Ka36)
Type II (basic) epithelial keratins: K18 and K7180, chromosome 12
Type II (basic) hair keratins: K8186 ( old nomenclature: hHb1hHb6 )
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Keratin Filament Expression Pattern
Type II | Type I | Location of Expression | Associated Diseases |
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| | Suprabasal keratinocytes | Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK), Unna-Thost palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) |
| | Palmoplantar suprabasal keratinocytes | Vorner PPK |
2 ( 2e ) | | Granular and upper spinous layer | Ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens |
| | Cornea | Meesman corneal dystrophy |
| | Mucosal epithelium | White sponge nevus |
| | Basal keratinocytes | Epidermal bullosa simplex (EBS), Dowling-Degos disease |
6a | | Outer root sheath | Pachyonychia congenita I |
6b | | Nail bed | Pachyonychia congenita II |
| | Simple epithelium | Cryptogenic cirrhosis |
K81 K86 | Hair | Monilethrix |
| Stem cells |
Of note, second cytoskeletal network formed by actin filaments
Do not confuse with Dowling-Degos with Degos disease
Dowling-Degos: AD, reticulated pigmentation over skin folds
Degos disease (malignant atrophic papulosis): occlusion + tissue infarction
Stratum Basale (Germinativum)
Basal layer just above basement membrane; contains keratinocytes, melanocytes, merkel cells , and Langerhans cells (latter mainly in stratum spinosum)
10% of cells in basal layer are stem cells
Expression of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), which is a marker for proliferative activity (ODC stimulated by UVB and partially blocked by retinoic acid/corticosteroid/vitamin D3)
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