BACKGROUND Abnormalities in the TP53 are regarded as the most consistent findings in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Two related members of the TP53 family, p73 and p63, have shown remarkable structural similarity to TP53, indicating possible functional and biological interactions. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of p63 protein and mRNA in oral epithelial dysplasia....

Increased expression of Bcl-2 protein has been demonstrated in various cancerous and precancerous lesions. The B-cell lymphoma-2 gene is a proto-oncogene that inhibits apoptosis, therefore keeping the cell alive. Mutations leads to an overexpression products leading apoptosis impairment resulting neoplastic changes as consequence. Hence, objective study was investigate fibro epithelial polyp (F...

AIMS To quantify the extent of squamous metaplasia in bronchial biopsies and relate it to the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a smoking-related pathology. METHODS Bronchial biopsies (n = 15 in each group) from smokers with COPD GOLD stage1 and GOLD stage2, smokers without COPD and healthy non-smokers were stained immunohistochemically with a panel of antibodies that ...

Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), a key receptor for the leukocyte-associated integrin (VLA4), is a crucial mediator of leukocyte adhesion and has co-stimulatory functions in inflammation at various organ sites. Specifically, VCAM-1/VLA4 interactions have been shown to play important roles in the setting of cutaneous immune responses, such as psoriatic lesions in humans and acute Graf...

purpose: to explore any association between human papilloma virus (hpv) infection and ocular surface squamous neoplasia. methods: forty pathological specimens including 20 cases of conjunctival intra-epithelial neoplasia grade i (cin i) and 20 cases of cin iii and invasive squamous cell carcinoma (scc) together with 20 pterygium samples (controls) were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (pcr...

Sarcomatoid carcinoma is a type of spindle cell neoplasm. These varieties neoplasms comprise diverse collection benign and malignant neoplasms. carcinoma, also known by various other names such as Spindle Lane’s tumor, to name few, an exceedingly rare aggressive variant squamous 3, 7, 8 The variation in its nomenclature reflects the divergent interpretation sarcomatoid component reactive or neo...

Spindle cell carcinoma (SpCC) is an unusual variant of squamous (S.C.C.) the head and neck region. It a rare biphasic neoplasm.  SpCC morphological S.C.C.  characterized by presence both carcinomatous as well sarcomatous component accounts for 2 to 3% all S.C.C.s. Seven years ago, W.H.O. classification has placed this tumor under malignant epithelial tumors called it SpCC. The histoge...

A cytogenetic analysis was performed on direct preparations and short-term cell cultures of lung tumor and normal bronchial epithelium of 19 patients carrying either a first or a second primary lung cancer. In 9 tumors (6 squamous cell carcinomas, 1 adenocarcinoma, 1 mucoepidermoid carcinoma, and 1 small cell lung carcinoma) successfully analyzed, pseudodiploid and hyperdiploid karyotypes were ...