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Proteoglycans (PGs) were isolated from yolk sac tumor and chondroitin sulfate large PG (core molecule with a molecular weight ≃ 200,000) and small PG (core molecule with a molecular weight ≃ 50,000) were detected. Immunohistochemical localization of PGs in three yolk sac tumors was investigated using monoclonal antibodies raised against both small and large PGs, which were purified from human ovarian fibroma capsule and a yolk sac tumor, respectively. The localization of large PG was observed to be distinct from that of small PG. A markedly positive reaction for antibody against large PG was observed in myxomatous areas, perivascular and perivesicular portions; hyaline globules were the most intensely reactive. In the areas showing a polyvesicular vitelline tumor pattern, the compact connective tissue stroma consisted of small PGs. It is conceivable that large PGs are synthesized by immature mesenchymal cells and also by epithelial-like cells as a basement membrane component, whereas small PGs are synthesized by mature fibroblastic cells synthesizing collagen. Immunohistochemical localization of other extracellular matrix components (laminin, fibronectin, type I-IV collagen) was also studied in relation to PG localization.
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Nakashima, N., Sobue, M., Fukata, S. et al. Immunohistochemical characterization of extracellular matrix components of yolk sac tumors. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol 58, 309–315 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02890086
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