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Seven human lymph nodes showing different types of reactive change, were examined for the presence of acid cysteine-proteinase inhibitor (ACPI) by the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. A clear positive reaction was found in the germinal centres. The staining pattern indicated immunoreactivity of the dendritic reticulum cells, but the possibility that other cells, particularly histiocytic reticulum cells, may also react with antiserum raised against ACPI cannot be excluded.
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Rinne, A., Alavaikko, M., Järvinen, M. et al. Demonstration of immunoreactive acid cysteine-proteinase inhibitor in reticulum cells of lymph node germinal centres. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol 43, 121–126 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932949
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