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Höfler, H; Kerl, H; Lackinger, E; Helleis, G; Denk, H.
The intermediate filament cytoskeleton of cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma (Merkel cell tumour). Immunohistochemical and biochemical analyses.
Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol. 1985; 406(3):339-350 Doi: 10.1007/BF00704303
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Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Denk Helmut; Kerl Helmut
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Abstract:: The presence and distribution of cytokeratins, neurofilament proteins, vimentin and glial fibrillary acidic protein were studied in 10 cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinomas (CNEC) by immunohistochemical techniques, using specific antibodies. In all cases tumour cells were specifically stained with antibodies to mouse liver cytokeratin component D in paraffin-embedded formalin-fixed and frozen sections. Moreover, one- and two-dimensional SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of high salt/detergent resistant cytoskeletal residues from tumour material, isolated by microdissection from frozen sections, revealed the presence of cytokeratin components 8 and 18 which are characteristic constituents of cytokeratin filaments of simple epithelia. Neurofilament proteins were detected by immunocytochemistry in tumour cells from 2 patients, from whom frozen material was available, and their presence was also positively identified in cytoskeletal residues by immunoblotting using specific antibodies. Glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin could not be demonstrated in tumour cells. Our studies did not confirm the suggested origin of CNEC from epidermal Merkel cells.
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