title: Changes in Exfoliative Cell of Oral Mucosa in Kidney Transplant Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate quantitative cytologic changes in oral mucosal smears collected from kidney transplant patients by modern stereologic methods.
  
  
  METHODS
  We enrolled 32 kidney transplant patients. Smears were obtained from the buccal mucosa transplant patients before and 12 months after kidney transplantation. Smears from each individual were stained using the Papanicolaou method and were analyzed using a stereological method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically, the nuclear volumes and cytoplasmic volumes in the cells of buccal mucosa were markedly higher after kidney transplantation (P < .05). There was a decreased positive cell density in the oral epithelial cells after kidney transplantation compared with before renal transplantation (P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that there are alterations in the oral epithelial cells after kidney transplantation, which are detectable by microscopy and cytomorphometry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Mevlana University, Konya, Turkey. Electronic address: keles.m@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keles
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caglayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey; Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tozoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cankaya
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uyanik
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aydinli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D053145:Cell Nucleus Size; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000166:cytology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D065006:Papanicolaou Test