Open AccessImmunohistochemical analysis of tenascin expression in different grades of oral submucous fibrosis
Author(s) -
Jalaj Tak,
Nirmala N Rao,
Akhilesh Chandra,
Neha Gupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.174645
Subject(s) - tenascin , oral submucous fibrosis , tenascin c , pathology , immunohistochemistry , connective tissue , extracellular matrix , fibrosis , pathological , epithelium , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , fibronectin
Tenascin, a glycoprotein, is one of the major constituents of extracellular matrix, which may function in organizing the stroma in normal and pathological conditions. The study aimed to correlate the structural organization of tenascin with the pathological progression of disease from early, moderate and advanced changes in oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF).