Iana Aragão Magalhães, Gabriella Alves Juliao Costa, Marcela Maria Fontes Borges, Anna Clara Aragão Matos Carlos, Karine Cestaro Mesquita, Larissa Mont Alverne de Arruda, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Saldanha Cunha, Fabrício Bitu Sousa, Paulo Goberlânio de Barros Silva
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the immunoexpression profile for CD8, CD3, CD20 and CD68 in the process and carcinogenesis of Carcinoma of the vermilion lip. METHODS: Average cell count with positive expression for CD3, CD8, CD20 and CD68. The CD8/CD3 ratio calculated in the region was based on the percentage of positive cells in a total of malignant cells. Kruska-Wallis/Dunn, Mann-Whitney and Spearman correlation tests (SPSS, p < 0.05) were used. RESULTS: In the Aquitic Cheilitis samples, there was an increase in intraepithelial CD8+ and CD68+...
December 19, 2023: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology