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Glial fibrillary acidic protein and desmin in salivary neoplasms

Expression of four different types of intermediate filament proteins within the same cell type

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The presence of intermediate filament proteins (IFP) in normal salivary gland tissue and in a number of salivary gland neoplasms has been investigated by immunohistochemical techniques on frozen sections. Cytokeratins (CKs) were seen in almost all normal epithelial cells. In the parotid gland and in palatal gland tissue, a co-expression of cytokeratin and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) was seen in some myoepithelial cells, but this was not apparent in the submandibular gland. In some pleomorphic adenomas, carcinomas in pleomorphic adenomas, one mucoepidermoid carcinoma, one mucus-producing adenopapillary carcinoma and one adenoid cystic carcinoma, cells expressing three different IFP classes were found (CKs, vimentin, GFAP). These cells were most often situated peripherally in the tumour cords or ducts. The cytokeratin pattern in these cells, as revealed by mAbs PKK1-3, was similar to that in normal myoepithelial cells. Furthermore, reactivity for a fourth class of IFP, desmin, could be seen in this cell type in two carcinomas in pleomorphic adenomas, and also in a few cells in a pleomorphic adenoma and an adenoid cystic carcinoma. Thus the pattern of IFP expression in salivary gland neoplasms, is very complex, and cannot always be related to the normal tissue.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Umeå, S-90185, Umeå, Sweden

    Hans Gustafsson, Ismo Virtanen & Lars-Eric Thornell

  2. Department of Anatomy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Hans Gustafsson, Ismo Virtanen & Lars-Eric Thornell

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Gustafsson, H., Virtanen, I. & Thornell, LE. Glial fibrillary acidic protein and desmin in salivary neoplasms. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol 57, 303–313 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02899095

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