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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1982-12-2
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pubmed:abstractText |
The distribution of desmosomes and of gap-junctions was studied by morphometric means, at the electron microscopic level, in the following lesions of the uterine cervix: metaplasia, moderate and severe dysplasia, carcinoma in situ and invasive epidermoid carcinoma. The results were compared with normal exocervical epithelium. The proportion of the cell surface occupied by gap-junctions was decreased in all lesions; gap-junctions were statistically absent from moderate dysplasia and more advanced lesions. The number of desmosomes decreased gradually from metaplasia to invasive carcinoma, with each stage forming a discrete group. This gradual loss of intercellular structures with increasing degrees of malignancy might express dedifferentiation and could be associated with increasing cellular autonomy.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0001-5547
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
26
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
466-70
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2005-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Desmosomes,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Intercellular Junctions,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Metaplasia,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Precancerous Conditions,
pubmed-meshheading:6957099-Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Desmosomes and gap-junctions in various epidermoid preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions of the cervix uteri.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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