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basal

[′bā·səl]
(biology)
Of, pertaining to, or located at the base.
(physiology)
Being the minimal level for, or essential for maintenance of, vital activities of an organism, such as basal metabolism.
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Present Ellis Francis Features Study (1965) Study % % 1 Band-like infiltrate 96.6 100 hugging basal layer 2 Mostly lymphocytes 100 100 3 Plasma cells 3.3 3 4 Eosinophils 3.3 0
In this period of regeneration, the cells of the epidermal basal layer continued cylindrical (Figures 8 and 9) indicating that they were still in the synthesis activity of the epithelium basal membrane (Figure 8).
Surface-zone (of basal layer) scales in ventral interciliary field (0 a, 1 = p)
In normal skin, eIF6 was mainly distributed in the cytoplasm of the basal layer of keratinocytes [Figure 1]a-c.
(1) The lymphocytes infiltrate the basal layer of the epidermis and cause cytotoxic damage to or kill the keratinocytes by induction of apoptosis.
Notably, occasionally dVIN can present with basaloid features including nuclear atypia that extends beyond the basal layer, architectural disorganization, and homogeneous populations of basaloid undifferentiated keratinocytes.
Obviously, these don't survive the mechanised destruction of these important habitats and a basal layer of hedgerow food webs is severely diminished or is completely lost.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin malignancy (75% to 80%) arising from the basal layer of epidermis and its appendages1-3.
WT1 was found weak or absent in the basal layer and in the infiltrating nest of cells.
Histopathology from the pigmented lesions showed increase in epidermal basal layer pigmentation and melanophages with lymphocytic infiltration in the dermis.
Skin biopsy revealed increased melanin content in the basal layer with increased number of melanocytes.
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