Oral Medicine & Pathology
Online ISSN : 1882-1537
Print ISSN : 1342-0984
ISSN-L : 1342-0984
Review
Significance of podoplanin expression in normal and pathological conditions of the oral and maxillofacial regions
Yuji Miyazaki, Harumi Inoue, Patricia González-Alva, Kentaro Kikuchi, Masahiro Fujinami, Hozumi Tsuchiya, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Noriaki Yoshida, Fumio Ide, Kaoru Kusama
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Keywords: oral lesions, odontogenic tissues, podoplanin, salivary gland, tumor invasion
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2011 Volume 16 Issue 1+2 Pages 3-8

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Abstract
Podoplanin, a transmembrane glycoprotein that was originally detected in puromycin-induced nephrosis on the surface of rat podocytes, is expressed specifically by lymphatic endothelium. Recent studies have shown that the protein is expressed in a variety of normal as well as neoplastic tissues, and that its expression might be related to cell migration and invasion. In this review, we describe the expression and function of podoplanin under normal as well as pathological conditions of the oral and maxillofacial regions, and we discuss its significance.
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© 2011 The Japanese Society of Oral Pathology
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