Open AccessEFFECT OF HAIR PLUCKING ON THE KINETICS OF METHYLCHOLANTHRENE‐INDUCED SKIN TUMOURS IN MICE
Author(s) -
Hegazy M. A.,
Fowler J. F.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
cell proliferation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.647
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1365-2184
pISSN - 0960-7722
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1970.tb00276.x
Subject(s) - methylcholanthrene , basal (medicine) , skin tumours , plucking , biology , epithelium , dermatology , medicine , endocrinology , pathology , biochemistry , carcinogen , geomorphology , geology , insulin
Both the latent period and the volume doubling time of 20‐methylcholanthrene‐induced tumours in the skin of SAS/TO mice have been found to be longer for plucked skin than for unplucked skin, even though the cell cycle time of the basal layer cells of the epithelium is much shorter after plucking (50 ± 4 hr) than in unplucked skin (110 ± 10 hr).