CELL-PROLIFERATION IN NORMAL EPIDERMIS
CELL-PROLIFERATION IN NORMAL EPIDERMIS
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DOI:
10.1111/1523-1747.ep12261462
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
ROSS, P
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作者:
WEINSTEIN, GD;MCCULLOUGH, JL;ROSS, P
A detailed examination of cell proliferation kinetics in normal human epidermis is presented. Using [3H] thymidine with autoradiographic techniques, proliferative and differentiated cell kinetics are defined and interrelated. The proliferative compartment of normal epidermis has a cell cycle duration (Tc) of 311 h derived from 3 components: the germinative labeling index (LI), the duration of DNA synthesis (ts), and the growth fraction (GF). The germinative LI is 2.7% .+-. 1.2 and ts is 14 h, the latter obtained from a composite fraction of labeled mitoses curve obtained from 11 normal subjects. The GF obtained from the literature and from human skin xenografts to nude mice is 60%. Normal-appearing epidermis from patients with psoriasis appears to have a higher proliferation rate. The mean LI is 4.2% .+-. 0.9, .apprx. 50% greater than in normal epidermis. Absolute cell kinetic values for this tissue, however, cannot yet be calculated for lack of other information on ts and GF. A kinetic model for epidermal cell renewal in normal epidermis is described that interrelates the rate of birth/entry, transit, and/or loss of keratinocytes in the 3 epidermal compartments: proliferative, viable differentiated (stratum malpighii), and stratum corneum. Expected kinetic homeostasis in the epidermis is confirmed by the very similar turnover rates in each of the compartments that are, respectively, 1246, 1417, and 1490 cells/day mm2 surface area. The mean epidermal turnover time of the entire tissue is 39 days. The Tc of 311 h in normal cells is 8-fold longer than the psoriatic Tc of 36 h and is necessary for understanding the hyperproliferative pathophysiologic process in psoriasis.