Repeated injection (continuous labelling) experiments in mouse epidermis |
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Authors: | Christopher S. Potten D. Major |
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Affiliation: | Paterson Laboratories and Medical Physics, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Withington, Manchester M20 9BX, England |
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Abstract: | Theoretical labelling index curves for epidermis have been generated under conditions of repeated tritiated thymidine injection. These curves take into account different injection intervals, circadian fluctuations in labelling and two different models for epidermal proliferation; one based on a homogeneous basal layer with “random” loss initially (later, loss was restricted to late G1), and the other based on a programmed sequential aging of proliferative cells in a compartment derived from a minority class of stem cells. These curves have been compared with previously published experimental results and with results from some new experiments. Both models fit the data to some extent provided a mean value of Tc of about 140 h is assumed. However, the sequential aging model provides a slightly better overall fit. A further conclusion is that it is impossible to make any accurate statements on the epidermal growth fraction from repeated labelling data. |
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