(a.) Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.
Example Sentences:
(1) With UVB treatment clinical improvement was achieved, and a less pronounced decrease in epidermal LC was noticed.
(2) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
(3) Epidermal growth factor reduced plating efficiency by about 50% for A431 cells in different cell cycle phases whereas a slight increase in plating efficiency was seen for SiHa cells.
(4) Intraepidermal clefting starts at the junction between the basal and epidermal layers, and later involves all of the levels of the stratum spinosum.
(5) It has been found that the epidermal staining pattern for ICAM-1 in each of these diseases in distinctive and different in each disease.
(6) Normal cultured human epidermal melanocytes and melanoma cells derived from three different malignant melanomas were examined for synthesis of extracellular matrix components before and after treatment for one day with interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, or both.
(7) In this paper sensitive and selective bioassays are described for growth factors acting on substrate-attached cells, in particular members of the epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, and heparin-binding growth factor families.
(8) Similarly, single factors (platelet-derived growth factor) or combinations of factors (epidermal growth factor (EGF) + insulin, platelet-derived growth factor + EGF + insulin, or fibroblast growth factor + EGF + insulin) that induced proliferation of the fibroblasts, also induced increased expression of M-CSF.
(9) The epidermal glycoproteins were probed with the lectin, concanavalin A (Con A).
(10) The specificity of the assay was further demonstrated by a lack of competition of cytochrome C, myoglobin, epidermal growth factor or bovine serum albumin with bFGF for binding to the antibodies.
(11) Human Caco-2 enterocytes were cultured on matrix proteins (collagen I, laminin, fibronectin) with growth factors (epidermal growth factor [EGF] and transforming growth factor-beta 1 [TGF-beta 1]) and the tyrosine kinase and prostaglandin inhibitors genistein and indomethacin.
(12) Furthermore, it involved mixed clinical and histological changes of epidermal nevus from fingers to elbow.
(13) It has been shown elsewhere that the epidermal growth factor (EGF) in A431 cells can recycle in receptor-bound state (Teslenko et al., 1987; Sorkin et al., 1989, 1991).
(14) Pre-treatment of human fibroblasts to inhibit a cell-surface growth-related proteinase inhibits the mitogenic action of epidermal growth factor.
(15) The DTH responses were induced by subcutaneous injection of allogeneic epidermal cells (ECs) and were assayed by footpad swelling.
(16) The rat neu gene, which encodes a receptor-like protein homologous to the epidermal growth factor receptor, is frequently activated by a point mutation altering a valine residue to a glutamic acid residue in its predicted transmembrane domain.
(17) Data are provided for epithelial surface markers (including epidermal growth factor, EGF) and for the synthesis and release of prostaglandins and proteases which may be involved in invasive mechanisms.
(18) Two-dimensional phosphopeptide map analysis revealed that the major sites of tyrosine and serine phosphorylation in PLC-gamma 1 from activated Jurkat cells are the same as those in PLC-gamma 1 from cells treated with peptide growth factors such as epidermal growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor.
(19) We have used this procedure successfully during the purification of epidermal glycoproteins.
(20) Ninety-eight different malignant adnexal tumors were analyzed for the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF)-specific binding sites and binding parameters were calculated by Scatchard plot analysis [G. Scatchard, Ann.
Epidermoid
Definition:
(a.) Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors report a case of epidermoid tumor of the lateral ventricle.
(2) In invasive epidermoid carcinoma, the accuracy with the self-collected specimens approached the physician-scraped specimens.
(3) Besides, it showed a high number of plasma cells secreting IgA in the stroma of the 2 tumours, the ultrastructural study performed on the epithelioma also demonstrated some similarities between epitheliomatous cells and epithelial cells of cystadenolymphomas (outlined epidermoid or glandular differentiation, numerous mitochondria).
(4) A case of epidermoid tumor of the sacral area with S3 root irritation resulting in bladder dysfunction is presented and its possible relationship to spinal puncture is discussed.
(5) One of the tumours appeared to have an origin in an epidermoid cyst and had a pseudosarcomatous stroma.
(6) The predilection of localization of epidermoid and small cell carcinomas in the upper lobes suggests a possible relationship to tobacco smoke inhalation as these regions have been shown to be more affected by the smoke.
(7) The cytologic features of a primary epidermoid cyst of the brain diagnosed by intraoperative fine needle aspiration cytology are reported.
(8) A case of epidermoid tumor presenting with a painful tic convulsif was reported.
(9) A clinico-pathological study of 10 cases (including histopathology) indicates that occult cholesteatoma is neither a congenital cholesteatoma nor an epidermoid cyst, originating in the attic through a melaplastic process of middle ear mucosa behind an intact tympanic membrane.
(10) Partial ptosis following epibulbar epidermoid removal is a known complication.
(11) The other 2 cases were identified as epidermoid carcinoma or anaplastic carcinoma as desmosome and tonofilaments were found.
(12) In 1 case epidermoid epithelial metaplasia were found in the splenic flexure and in the rectum.
(13) The carcinogenic role of papillomaviruses in animals ans in laboratory experiments supports the theory that these sexually transmissible viruses are involved in the origin of epidermoid cervical carcinoma.
(14) At necropsy, an intramedullary epidermoid cyst was confirmed in the T13 and L1 spinal cord segments.
(15) For this reason, the authors have abandoned the i. a. mode of cytostatic administration in epidermoid oro-facial carcinoma and have adopted systemic application and this in combination with radiation, eventually surgical therapy with the utilization of chemotherapy.
(16) The results of therapy are reported in 296 patients with histologically proven epidermoid carcinoma of the tonsillar fossa; 127 were treated with irradiation alone (5,500 to 7,000 cGy), 133 with preoperative radiotherapy (2,000 to 3,000 cGy) or were initially planned for preoperative irradiation but treated with radiotherapy alone, and 36 with postoperative irradiation (5,000 to 6,000 cGy).
(17) Alternatively, epidermoid carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma arising centrally within the jaws are often associated with other types of dental cycts.
(18) The five-year survival for epidermoid carcinoma of anus treated by abdominoperineal resection ranges from 40 to 58%.
(19) The authors report on the clinical data, operating technique, postoperative complications, and late results in a series of 31 epidermoid and 21 dermoid cysts of the central nervous system.
(20) The case of man of 32 years with an epidermoid of the left side of the skull is reported.