“…The use of cell proliferating markers, such as integrins (Godoy et al, 2007), Ki-67 (Cabbar et al, 2008;Edamatsu et al, 2005) and PCNA (Adelsperger et al, 2000), has shown that the squamous metaplasia would be the first visible sign of cystic transformation of the DF and not a normal change due to advanced age. In our study, although we have not found a statistical association between PTCH labeling and the type of epithelial lining, probably due to the low number of PTCH-positive cells, the specimens with squamous metaplasia had higher rates of positivity for PTCH than DF with reduced enamel epithelium.…”