What would be the expected response to a skin injury if the involved tissue had lost the normal cell characteristic of contact i

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What would be the expected response to a skin injury if the involved tissue had lost the normal cell characteristic of contact i

nhibition?
a-failure of wound to close
b-replacement with scar tissue rather than skin
c-excessive growth of replacement tissue
d-displacement of skin cells into other body tissues

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s2008m [1.1K] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-07T07:47:28+03:00

Answer:D

Explanation: Contact inhibition is a process of arresting cell growth when cells come in contact with each other. As a result, normal cells stop proliferating when they form a monolayer in a culture dish. Contact inhibition is a powerful anticancer mechanism that is lost in cancer cells