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Alteration in cholesteatoma fibroblasts: induction of neoplastic-like phenotype.
The American journal of otology - 1 Mar 1993
Parisier S C, Agresti C J, Schwartz G K, Han J C, Albino A P
Abstract excerpt
Cholesteatomas are invasive, locally destructive skin-like lesions that, after operative removal, have a significant recidivistic rate. These aggressive characteristics suggest a fundamental alteration in the biology of one or more of its constituents (i.e., keratinocytes, fibroblasts, and inflammatory cells). The cholesteatoma matrix was studied by subculturing it into its main cellular components. Short-term...
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