Open AccessExpression of vascular endothelial growth factor and microvessel density in oral tumorigenesis
Author(s) -
Madhusudan Astekar,
Amit M. Joshi,
Gayathri Ramesh,
Rashmi Metgud
Publication year - 2012
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.92968
Subject(s) - dysplasia , vascular endothelial growth factor , pathology , carcinogenesis , epithelial dysplasia , medicine , cd34 , immunohistochemistry , angiogenesis , oral mucosa , biology , cancer , vegf receptors , stem cell , genetics
Significant increase in vascularity occurs during the transition from normal oral mucosa, through differing degrees of dysplasia, to invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).