Open AccessMicronuclei: An essential biomarker in oral exfoliated cells for grading of oral squamous cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Kiran Jadhav,
Nidhi Gupta,
BR Ahmed Mujib
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.76941
Subject(s) - micronucleus test , medicine , grading (engineering) , basal cell , papanicolaou stain , micronucleus , biomarker , pathology , gastroenterology , group b , dermatology , cancer , toxicity , cervical cancer , biology , ecology , biochemistry
Micronuclei in exfoliated oral epithelial cells have been shown in some studies to correlate with severity of this genotoxic damage. This severity can be measured in terms of grading of the lesions.