Quantification of mast cells and blood vessels in the skin of patients with cutaneous mucinosis.
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| Abstract |
Recent studies have suggested that mast cell numbers are increased in the skin of patients with cutaneous mucinosis and that these cells may have an important role in angiogenesis and production of mucin. Then, skin biopsies from 30 patients with cutaneous mucinosis (papular mucinosis, focal mucinosis, and mucinosis associated with lupus erythematosus) and from 10 healthy subjects were analyzed. Mast cells and blood vessels were immunolabeled with anti-tryptase and anti-CD34 antibodies, respectively, and then quantified stereologically. Counting was performed in papillary and reticular dermis. An increase in the number of mast cells was observed in the skin of patients with cutaneous mucinosis compared with the control group. Only minimal differences were observed in vessel stereology. There was no correlation between the increase in the number of mast cells and the number of blood vessels in the patients studied. There was no significant difference in the numbers of mast cells or blood vessels between the 3 subgroups of cutaneous mucinosis. Although many clinical forms of mucinosis have been described, neither mast cell number nor vessel distribution seems to distinguish the 3 different forms studied here.
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| Authors | Clarice Martins, Adriana Paulino Nascimento, Andréa Monte-Alto-Costa, Maria de Fátima Scotelaro Alves, Sueli Coelho Carneiro, Luís Cristóvão de Moraes Sobrino Porto |
| Journal | The American Journal of dermatopathology (Am J Dermatopathol) Vol. 32 Issue 5 Pg. 453-8 (Jul 2010) ISSN: 1533-0311 [Electronic] United States |
| PMID | 20442641 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
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