The intraepidermal sweat-duct unit is derived from cells of the dermal sweat-duct: direct evidence obtained from epithelial allografts
The intraepidermal sweat-duct unit is derived from cells of the dermal sweat-duct: direct evidence obtained from epithelial allografts
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表皮内汗管单位源自真皮汗管细胞:从上皮同种异体移植物获得的直接证据
DOI:
10.1007/bf00412632
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
J. Thivolet
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作者:
Jean Kanitakis;G. Mauduit;M. Faure;J. Thivolet
The intraepiderma [sweat-duct unit (or acrosyringlum)(AS) represents a unique epithelial cutaneous structure with distinct morphological and functional properties that differentiate it from the neighboring epidermis. More recently, it has been shown that the AS also has remarkable antigenic properties. AS cells, for instance, are the only epithelial cells in the epidermis that, under normal conditions, express HLA-DR [5, 8] and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)[9]. Formation of the AS in man has been studied elaborately by Christophers and Plewig [1], who showed the AS to derive from cells of the distal portion of the dermal sweat duct (SD). In this work, we observed the reconstruction of AS in human epithelial allografts (EAG) obtained through cultures of epidermal cells. Immunohistochemical data clearly showed that the newly formed AS developed not from epidermal cells of the EAG but from dermal SD cells. Cultured epithelial sheets (CES) were produced according to the method of Green [3]. These were used to cover the split-thickness graft-taking area in nonimmunosuppressed adult patients whose leg ulcers were treated with conventional mesh autografts. Despite a complete mismatch for HLA and ABO bloodgroup antigens, the EAG were not rejected during the follow-up period (12 months)[10, 11]. The CES and biopsy specimens of the EAG, taken at various time intervals after grafting, were studied by light and electron microscopy and by immunohistochemical techniques. The latter included immunotabelling for CEA, HLA-DR and ABO blood-group antigens.