Preliminary study on xenografts of oral lichen planus tissue into SCID mice / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To establish an animal model of oral lichen planus (OLP). Methods:Human non-erosive OLP lesion tissue was surgically transplanted into dorsal hypoderm or tongue abdomen in 10 severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice, thereafter, growth and possible alterations of histopathological characteristics of the xenografts were observed for 2 weeks. Results:All the xenografts transplanted into dorsal hypoderm or tongue abdomen healed well.Partial liquefaction and subepithelial lymphocytes diffuse infiltration were observed in epithelial basement membrane in the first week after transplantation. During the subsequent week, the degenerated moiety was hardly to be seen, and the number of subepithelial lymphocytes was gradually decreased. Conclusions:The epithelia of OLP xenografts grow well in SCID mice but can not keep its histopathological features.