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IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION OF S‐100 PROTEIN ANTIGEN‐CONTAINING CELLS IN CHRONIC CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS
Author(s) -
VERESS BÉLA,
HASSAN AHMED M. EL
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series a :pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0164
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1985.tb03959.x
Subject(s) - histiocyte , immunoperoxidase , pathology , antigen , epithelioid cell , giant cell , immunohistochemistry , macrophage , biology , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , cutaneous leishmaniasis , immunology , medicine , leishmaniasis , antibody , monoclonal antibody , biochemistry , in vitro
The presence and distribution of S‐100 protein antigen and lysozyme were investigated by the immunoperoxidase method in paraffin sections of 13 cases of chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis from Saudi Arabia. Varying numbers of S‐100 + lys ‐ histiocytic reticulum cells were found in the dense inflammatory infiltrate in 11 out of 13 cases. These cells were considerably more numerous in the lesions dominated by cells of the mononuclear phagocytic system and granulomata than in the cases with plasma cellular or lymphocytic predominance. Activated lys + macrophages, epithelioid cells, and multinucleated giant cells were always S‐100 ‐ . Around the granulomata several S‐100 + lys ‐ histiocytic reticulum cells could be found. These findings suggest that antigen‐presenting cells are present in the inflammatory infiltrate of cutaneous leishmaniasis.