ISSN:
0003-276X
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
The vaginal epithelium of the normal estrous mouse shows narrow intercellular spaces, many cytoplasmic fibrils and a continuous basal lamina. At 100 days of age, the vaginal epithelium of mice which had received 5 or 20 μg estradiol-17β, 20 μg ovine prolactin, or 5 μg estradiol-17β + 20 μg prolactin within the first few days of postnatal life, shows wider intercellular spaces in the middle epithelial layers than occur in normal estrous mice. In addition, the mice receiving 20 μg estradiol-17β show prominent intercellular spaces in the basal cell layer and interruptions in the basal lamina, which permit penetration of cytoplasmic processes into the subjacent connective tissue. The relevance of these findings to vaginal carcinogenesis is considered.
Additional Material:
1 Tab.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1091790206