Body Side Related Assymmetry in Sweat Gland Funtion

The Junctional Complex Associated Body of Human Eccrine Sweat Gland

The junctional complex connecting epithelial cells at their luminal pole consists of a complex of highly specialized structures which provide attachment (5-7) and communication (10) between cells . This junctional complex includes the zonula occludens, the underlying zonula adherens and, at intervals, the subjacent macula adherens or desmosome. Although this complex of fine structures occurs ve...

Eccrine sweat gland carcinoma.

The differential diagnosis among the most frequent skin tumors, base-cell carcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma, and the rare types, the sweat gland carcinomas, is fundamental for the early diagnosis and prognosis of a patient. These are classified as eccrine and apocrine, and the eccrine is the most common type. The eccrine sweat glands are most abundant in the palms of the hands and the feet ...

Sweat gland adenocarcinoma of the scalp: A case report

Sweat gland adenocarcinoma is a relatively uncommon malignancy. Clinical features are painless red or violet papules and nodules that can occasionally become ulcerated. The biological behavior is aggressive and metastatic sweat gland carcinoma spreads through the lymphatic. The treatment of choice is wide surgical excision with regional lymph node dissection. The portrayed ase was a 60-year-old...

Sweat induction from an isolated eccrine sweat gland.

SAW, KENZO. Sweat induction from an isolated eccrine sweat gland. Am. J. Physiol. 225(5) : 1147-l 152. 1973.-A method has been developed for in vitro induction of sweating from an isolated monkey-palm eccrine sweat gland. The validity of the new methodology is shown in the following results. MecholyLinduced sweating was completely inhibited by atropine and by cooling the incubation medium to 4 ...

Sweat gland function in Sjögren's syndrome.