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IN the course of a study on the histochemistry of experimentally induced carcinogenesis in mouse skin I observed that a few appfications of benzpyrene to the skin induced apparent activation of lysosomes in the epidermis1. I considered it of interest to examine the state of lysosomes in the final tumour stage, especially in tumours classified as malignant.
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DIENGDOH, J. Lysosomes in Malignant Skin Tumours. Nature 215, 861–862 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215861a0
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