Article
Immunohistochemical studies of epithelial cell proliferation and p53 mutation in bovine ocular squamous cell carcinoma.
Veterinary pathology - 1 Jan 2005
Carvalho T, Vala H, Pinto C, Pinho M, Peleteiro M C
Abstract excerpt
Bovine ocular squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the second most common cause of rejection due to neoplasia in slaughterhouses on Sao Miguel Island, Azores, and accounts for significant economic losses. To obtain a better insight into the genesis and neoplastic transformation process of bovine OSCC, abnormal protein expression and proliferation index were assessed by the immunohistochemical evaluation of p53 and...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
- Cell Growth Processes
- Eye Neoplasms
- Immunohistochemistry
- Ki-67 Antigen
- Mutation
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
