Aim—To study p53 expression in relation to proliferative status in normal and nondysplastic,
dysplastic and malignant lesions of the oral mucosa. Method—The standard avidin-biotin …

Oral cancer is the most common malignancy in India, having a well defined precancerous
state, leukoplakia. Various follow-up studies have shown that only 4 to 18% of oral …

Twenty-five oral carcinomas and five normal oral epithelial specimens were studied using
light and electron microscopy. All histological types (well differentiated squamous cell …

Fifteen biopsies of the immediate adjacent epithelium of oral squamous cell carcinoma were
examined under light and electron microscopy. Light microscopic examination of one micron …

The expression pattern of cytokeratin filaments in epithelia has been shown to be dependent
on their type and grade of differentiation. The type of expression of cytokeratin in a cell may …

The binding pattern of two lectins, concanavalin A (ConA) and peanut agglutin (PNA), in
various phases of tumour progression in the oral epithelium was studied. These included …

A recent trend in cancer control programmes is the development of early detection strategies
and chemoprevention of premalignant lesions. The present study evaluates the potential of …

Immunohistochemistry has become an important tool for tumour typing and has the potential
to improve the histopathological diagnosis of neoplasms. However, the large number of …

Human endogenous lectins have a wide spectrum of biological functions. The present study
analyses the expression of β-galactoside specific and N-acetyl-d-galactosamino specific …

1989). A n analysis of 44 oral leukoplakia samples by immunohistochemical staining for ras
p21 showed none of them to be any different from their normal countelparts (Azuma et al …