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Variations in the distribution, frequency, and phenotype of Langerhans cells during the evolution of malignant melanoma of the skin.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Mar 1993
Toriyama K, Wen D R, Paul E, Cochran A J
Abstract excerpt
We examined the frequency, distribution, and immunophenotype (S-100 protein, CD1) of epidermal Langerhans cells (LC) in the epidermis overlying primary melanoma, and dermal dendritic cells (DC) in the dermis deep to melanoma, and in adjacent normal skin. There is a substantial reduction in S-100+ LC and a lesser decline in CD1+ LC in the epidermis over melanoma. There is a simultaneous increase in the frequency...
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