Shaimaa Mostafa Hassan

Expression of E - cadherin in relation to apoptotic phenomena in oral lichen planus lesions : A clinical and immunohistochemical study / ظهور جزىء الكادهرين - ه - مع ظاهرة الموت التلقائى فى الحزاز المنبسط الفموى : دراسة اكلينيكية و هستوكيمائية Shaimaa Mostafa Hassan ; Supervised Nagwa Othman , Fatheya Zahran - Cairo : Shaimaa Mostafa Hassan , 2006 - 138P : ill ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department Of Periodontology

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a relatively common inflammatory disease , probably of multifactorial originThe basal cells are the prime target of destruction in OLPThe mechanism of the basal cell damage is related to a cell - mediated immune process involving T - lymphocytes , Langerhans cells , and macrophagesLangerhans cells and macrophages in the epithelium are the antigen - producers that provide the antigenic information of T - lymphocytes