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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
P-cadherin (P-CD) and E-cadherin (E-CD) are expressed by keratinocytes and play an important role in skin morphogenesis. P-CD expression is restricted to the basal layer of normal epidermis, whereas E-CD is expressed in all the living layers. We have previously reported a reduced expression of E-CD in most cases of infiltrative basal cell carcinoma (BCC). In the present work we have investigated by immunohistochemistry the expression of both P-CD and E-CD in a new series of 32 patients with BCC. Most cases of superficial multicentric BCC and some nodular tumours had preserved expression of both cadherins in all tumour cells. The majority of nodular BCCs had partially reduced expression of one or both cadherins with an ordered distribution of cells showing different cadherin staining throughout the tumour mass. A severe reduction of E-CD expression with a disordered distribution of cells with different immunostaining intensity was observed in most specimens of infiltrative BCC. In contrast, P-CD expression was preserved in all cases of infiltrative BCC. These results suggest that P-CD and E-CD play different roles in the growth pattern of BCC. In addition, both anomalous P-CD expression and reduced E-CD expression were frequently observed in the spinous layer of epidermis overlying tumours. This phenomenon was significantly associated with the presence of keratinocytic atypia, which suggests that disturbed cadherin expression could be a marker of premalignant changes and/or hyperproliferative activity in human epidermis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0007-0920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
327-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential patterns of placental and epithelial cadherin expression in basal cell carcinoma and in the epidermis overlying tumours.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't