Condensed chromatin in the cell nuclei of the human uterine cervix: squamous and columnar epithelium, non-pregnant and pregnant state, and adenocarcinomata.
The proportion of chromatin in the condensed state was comparatively determined by ultrastructural-stereological techniques in the normal squamous and columnar epithelium of the human uterine cervix, the columnar epithelium of a pregnant woman, and in the case of two adenocarcinomata. Significant differences were found. Together with autoradiographic data, the results allow a functional interpretation of the changes in chromatin organization during carginogenesis.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*
D002843:Chromatin