See Also: Epithelial membrane antigen(medicine)
Striae cutis distensae(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
striae(medicine)
striae gravidarum(medicine)
striae lancisi(medicine)
striae of Zahn(medicine)
striae olfactoriae(medicine)
striae parallelae(medicine)
Retzius' striae(medicine)

Striae cutis distensae (medicine) and Epithelial membrane antigen (medicine)


Striae cutis distensae (medicine)


striae cutis distensae
Bands of thin wrinkled skin, initially red but becoming purple and white, which occur commonly on the abdomen, buttocks, and thighs at puberty and/or during and following Pregnancy, and result from atrophy of the dermis and overextension of the skin; also associated with ascites and Cushing's syndrome.

Synonym: atrophoderma striatum, lineae albicantes, lineae atrophicae, linear atrophy, stretch marks, stria, striae atrophicae, striate atrophy of skin, traction atrophy, vergeture.


Epithelial membrane antigen (medicine)


Epithelial membrane antigen -->
episialin
<cell biology> Heavily glycosylated membrane glycoprotein. Encoded by the MUC 1 gene, has a molecular weight of around 300 kD, more than half of which is O linked glycan. There is a 69 residue cytoplasmic domain and the extracellular domain may extend hundreds of nanometres beyond the plasma membrane, the increased expression in carcinoma cells may reduce the adhesion and mask antigenic properties of the cells. Similar functions are ascribed to ASGP, epiglycanin and leucosialin.