“…The tip of the rete ridge suggests the enrichment of epidermal stem cells in rete ridges with high expression of keratin 15(K15) and CD 117 [7,10,11]. Once the differentiation begins, basal cells become detached from the basement membrane, reorganize adhesive junctions and cytoskeleton, case expression of the basal markers and start terminal differentiation programs with expression of differentiation markers, including K1 and K10, early-stage differentiation marker, Loricrin and Filaggrin, late-stage differentiation marker [3,5,6]. CD24 is a small and highly glycosylated protein expressing in the suprabasal layer and stratum spinosum, rarely in stratum granulosum [7].…”