Study of epithelial-connective tissue interaction in collagen transplantation (Part II)
Date
1975
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Authors
Botero, Alejandro
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OA Version
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Abstract
The origins of tissue specificity have been the matter
of many research studies and is of much potential clinical
importance (Slavkin, 1969, 1971; Rawles, 1963). The maintenance
of these specificities has been demonstrated in
tissue and organ culture studies (Billingham and Silvers,
1963; McLaughlin, 1968; Wessells, 1962). Tissue transplantation
and wound healing studies have also reemphasized the
existence of such interactions throughout the entire life
of a living organism (Bjorn, 1964; Sullivan and Atkins,
1968). The primacy of either one of the two tissues involved
in an interaction is difficult to define; it seems
that both have important roles to play in the determination
of each other's organization and differentiation.
The presence of RNA-complexes at the interface of interacting
tissues was demonstrated by Slavkin in 1969. Epithelium
- connective tissue relationships present a good model
for the study of tissue interactions. From the biologic
literature it is possible to conclude that collagen has the
leading role in its interactions with epithelium (Billingham
and Silvers, 1967; McLaughlin, 1968). The epithelial participation
is not completely clear, but it may be involved
in the development of specific types of collagens and
probably in its maintenance (Kallahan and Grobstein, 1965).
The oral tissues offer a good experimental area for studies [TRUNCATED]
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Thesis (D.Sc.D.)--Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, 1975. Periodontontology.
Bibliography included.
Thesis (D.Sc.D.)--Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry, 1975. Periodontontology.
Bibliography included.
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