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Distribution of complement regulators (CD46, CD55 and CD59) in skin appendages, and in benign and malignant skin neoplasms.

Abstract
Immunohistochemical studies were performed to establish the distribution of membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46), decay-accelerating (DAF; CD55) and homologous restriction factor (HRF20; CD59), in normal skin appendages, and in benign and malignant skin neoplasms. At least two of these regulators were detected on normal eccrine glands, apocrine glands and sebaceous glands. They were also found in cellular naevi (CN), seborrhoeic keratoses (SK), basal cell carcinoma (BCC), Bowen's disease (BD), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and Paget's disease (PD). Although there were slight differences in their distribution, these regulators were found in all the cells examined, indicating that they are essential factors in human skin as well as other organs, and in neoplasms, in preventing autologous complement attack.
AuthorsK Sayama, S Shiraishi, Y Miki
JournalThe British journal of dermatology (Br J Dermatol) Vol. 127 Issue 1 Pg. 1-4 (Jul 1992) ISSN: 0007-0963 [Print] England
PMID1379063 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antigens, CD
  • CD46 protein, human
  • CD55 Antigens
  • CD59 Antigens
  • Complement Inactivator Proteins
  • Membrane Cofactor Protein
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Membrane Proteins
Topics
  • Antigens, CD (analysis)
  • Apocrine Glands (immunology)
  • CD55 Antigens
  • CD59 Antigens
  • Complement Inactivator Proteins (analysis)
  • Eccrine Glands (immunology)
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Membrane Cofactor Protein
  • Membrane Glycoproteins (analysis)
  • Membrane Proteins (analysis)
  • Sebaceous Glands (immunology)
  • Skin Neoplasms (immunology)
  • Sweat Glands (immunology)

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