The epidermis protects the organism against physical, chemical and biological challenges, and it acts as a signalling interface between the environment and the body. In order to perform these functions, the epidermal keratinocytes express a wide range of genes, several of which have been characterised previously. Recently, significant progress has been made in the large-scale analysis of kerati...

The sequencing of the canine genome, combined with additional genomic technologies, has created opportunities for research linking veterinary genomics naturally occurring cancer in dogs. Also, as numerous cancers have features common human cancers, comparative studies can be performed to evaluate use dogs models cancer. There been several reviews but, best our knowledge, there no comprehensive ...