Introduction; 1. Ultrastructure of the epidermis Karen Holbrook; Part I. Keratinocyte Culture Systems: 2. Growth of human keratinocytes with feeder cells Irene Leigh and Fiona Watt; 3. Defined culture systems for epidermal keratinocytes Rebecca Morris and Susan M. Fischer; 4. Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions control keratinocyte growth and differentiation Norbert Fusenig; 5. Keratinocyte-melanocyte interactions in in vitro reconstituted normal human epidermis Michele de Luca, Sergio Bondanza, Eddi di Marco, Pier Carlo Marchisio, Fiorella D'Anna, Adriano Tito Franzi and Ranieri Cancedda; 6. Human pilosebacious culture: the background Terence Kealey and Michael P. Philpott; 7. The development and differentiation of embryonic and fetal keratinocytes Chris Fisher; Part II. Keratinocyte Biology: Section 1. Adhesion: 8. Integrins and other cell adhesion molecules Fiona Watt and Mark D. Hertle; 9. Desmosomes and hemidesmosomes Pamela Cowin; 10. Basement membrane proteins Jo-David Fine; Section 2. Proliferation and keratinocyte differentiation: 11. Cell kinetics of keratinocytes and stem cells Robin Dover; 12. Measurement of specific mRNA content of different sizes in relation to growth differentiation Jeffrey Teumer, Kathleen Zezulak and Howard Green; 13. Epidermal-mesenchymal interactions Ian C. Mackenzie; 14. Transglutaminases in keratinocytes Robert H. Rice, Majid Mehrpouyan, Qin Qin and Marjorie A. Phillips; 15. Envelope precursors Marcia Simon; 16. Keratinocyte cytoskeleton Susan M. Morley and E. Birgitte Lane; 17. Keratohyalin granules Beverly A. Dale, Katheryn A. Resing and Richard B. Presland; 18. Epidermal biosynthesis Maria Ponec; 19. Keratinocytes and immunological cytokines Tom J. Stoof, Dick M. Borrma and Brian J. Nickoloff; 20. Differentiation in hard keratin tissues: hair and related structures B. C. Powell and G. E. Rogers; Section 3. Transformation: 21. Human papillomavirus mediated cell transformation Alan Storey, Connie Sexton and Lawrence Banks; 22. Oncogenes and skin cancer Ximena Montano; 23. Transgenic mouse skin defects David A. Greenhalgh, Joseph A. Rothnagel, Andrea M. Dominey, Xiao-Jing Wang and Dennis R. Roop; 24. In vitro transformation and tumour progression: a multistep model for skin carcinogenesis Petra Boukamp, Dirk Breitkreutz, Andrea Hulsen, Pascal Tomakisi and N. E. Fusenig; Part III. Keratinocyte Clinical Applications: 25. Keratinocyte allografting and wound healing Irene Leigh; 26. Keratinocyte grafting - animal models Caroline Compton; 27. Keratinocytes in the diagnosis of genetic disorders Robin A. J. Eady, Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto and John A. McGrath; 28. Epithelial gene therapy Lorne B. Taichman.