Localization of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor mRNA in Melanocytic Lesions by In Situ Hybridization
Scott G, Stoler M, Sarkar S, Halaban R. Localization of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor mRNA in Melanocytic Lesions by In Situ Hybridization. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 1991, 96: 318-322. PMID: 2002252, DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12465203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBFGF gene transcriptsBasic fibroblast growth factorGene transcriptsCell populationsGrowth factorNormal human melanocytesDermal cell typesFibroblast growth factorHuman melanocytesCell typesParacrine growth factorCellular proliferationAberrant expressionSitu hybridizationMelanocytic lesionsMetastatic melanomaBasic FGF expressionFGF expressionGrowth independenceTranscriptsBasic fibroblast growth factor mRNADysplastic neviExpressionParacrine mechanismsMelanocytesInduction of different morphologic features of malignant melanoma and pigmented lesions after transformation of murine melanocytes with bFGF-cDNA and H-ras, myc, neu, and E1a oncogenes.
Ramon y Cajal S, Suster S, Halaban R, Filvaroff E, Dotto G. Induction of different morphologic features of malignant melanoma and pigmented lesions after transformation of murine melanocytes with bFGF-cDNA and H-ras, myc, neu, and E1a oncogenes. American Journal Of Pathology 1991, 138: 349-58. PMID: 1992762, PMCID: PMC1886204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant tumorsMorphologic featuresDifferent morphologic featuresMalignant melanomaBenign lesionsNude miceSyngenic miceSame tumorMelanocytic lesionsSmall round cellsBasic fibroblast growth factorH-RasFibroblast growth factorBenign melanocytic lesionsHistologic typeHistologic featuresSubcutaneous injectionBiologic behaviorSpindle cellsPossible molecular mechanismsEpithelioid cellsIntradermal nevusHuman melanomaLesionsDifferent tumors