Abstract | BACKGROUND: MATERIALS & METHODS: RESULTS: No positive epithelial staining was observed in radicular and dentigerous cysts. In comparison, however 100% of cases of ameloblastomas and 40% of cases of odontogenic karatocysts showed positive calretinin expression. CONCLUSION:
Calretinin may be a specific immunohistochemical marker for ameloblastoma. If there is any possible relation between calretinin expression and neural origin of the odontogenic epithelium and its neoplastic transformation and if calretinin could be used as an early marker to predict the tendency of neoplastic change of odontogenic epithelium could be answered through further researches. How to cite this article: D'Silva S, Sumathi MK, Balaji N, Shetty NK, Pramod KM, Cheeramelil J. Evaluation of Calretinin expression in Ameloblastoma and Non-Neoplastic Odontogenic Cysts - An immunohistochemical study. J Int Oral Health 2013; 5(6):42-8 .
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Authors | Shaloom D'Silva, M K Sumathi, N Balaji, Nisha K N Shetty, K M Pramod, Jacob Cheeramelil |
Journal | Journal of international oral health : JIOH
(J Int Oral Health)
Vol. 5
Issue 6
Pg. 42-8
(Dec 2013)
ISSN: 0976-7428 [Print] India |
PMID | 24453443
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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