Article
Retinoid status controls the appearance of reserve cells and keratin expression in mouse cervical epithelium.
Cancer research - 15 May 1993
Darwiche N, Celli G, Sly L, Lancillotti F, De Luca L M
Abstract excerpt
We describe an animal model to induce the histogenesis of squamous metaplasia of the cervical columnar epithelium, a condition usually preceding cervical neoplasia. This model is based on dietary retinoid depletion in female mice. Control sibling mice fed the same diet but with all-trans-retinoic...
Topics
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Cervix Uteri
- Diet
- Disease Models, Animal
- Epithelium
- Female
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Keratins
- Metaplasia
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Nude
- Phenotype
- Precancerous Conditions
- RNA, Messenger
- Retinoids
