Article
Phenotypic alteration of basal cells in oral lichen planus; switching keratin 19 and desmoglein 1 expression.
Journal of oral science - 27 Dec 2018
Shimada Katsumitsu, Ochiai Takanaga, Shen Fa-Chih, Hasegawa Hiromasa
Abstract excerpt
In oral lichen planus, extracellular matrix and basal cells are damaged by T-lymphocytes. As a consequence, changes in expression of collagen fibers within the connective tissue and cytoskeletons of the epithelial tissue can be observed. With the goal of examining the characteristic changes undergone by basal cells as a consequence of T-lymphocytes damage in oral lichen planus, we investigated protein expression...
Topics
- Case-Control Studies
- Collagen
- Desmoglein 1
- Epithelial Cells
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Keratin-19
- Ki-67 Antigen
- Lichen Planus, Oral
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
