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Dermoepidermal junction
The
dermoepidermal junction
is the area of tissue that joins the
epidermal
and the
dermal
layers of the skin. The basal cells in the
stratum basale
of the epidermis connect to the
basement membrane
by the anchoring filaments of
hemidesmosomes
; the cells of the
papillary layer
of the dermis are attached to the basement membrane by
anchoring fibrils
, which consist of type VII
collagen
.
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