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Evidence Of An Antigen Presenting Cell Phenotype In Granular Cell Tumours, Benjamin J W A Rogala
Evidence Of An Antigen Presenting Cell Phenotype In Granular Cell Tumours, Benjamin J W A Rogala
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Granular Cell Tumours (GCTs) are rare subepithelial lesions that are believed to develop from Schwann cells and are characterized by large polygonal cells with abundant lysosomes. Pilot studies from our laboratory showing unexpected HLA-DR immunoreactivity in GCTs lead us to hypothesize that GCTs have an antigen presenting cell (APC) phenotype.
To test our hypothesis, we assessed immunoreactivity of GCT lesions to APC phenotype markers, including CD68, HLA-DR, CD163, CD40 and CD11c. In addition, we assessed markers of neural crest cell (NCC) origin S100, SOX10, NSE and GAP43. Samples subjected to these studies included 23 cases of GCTs and 10 cases …