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Immunocytochemical evidence for neuroendocrine differentiation in human breast carcinomas
Author(s) -
Monaghan P.,
Roberts J. D. B.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711470406
Subject(s) - neuroendocrine differentiation , human breast , biology , immunocytochemistry , cancer research , breast cancer , pathology , medicine , cancer , prostate cancer
Normal and neoplastic human breast tissues have been stained with antibodies recognizing neuroendrocrine differentiation. Fifteen out of 44 (34 per cent), breast carcinomas stained positively with monoclonal antibody LICR‐LON‐E36, and 11 out of 44 (25 per cent) of these tumours stained with an antibody raised against neuron‐specific enolase (NSE). Eight tumours stained positively with both antibodies. No correlation was observed between staining with these antibodies and the tumour histology, nor with the degree of cellular differentiation as indicated by staining with several cell surface directed monoclonal antibodies. Ultrastructural analysis of a series of breast tumours showed the presence of membrane‐bound dense‐core vesicles in almost all tumours, including E36 and NSE positive and negative tumours. The presence of these structures appears to be of little value in predicting neuroendocrine differentiation.