A, B, H antigen detectability in normal and neoplastic urothelium. Influence of methodologic factors
A, B, H antigen detectability in normal and neoplastic urothelium. Influence of methodologic factors
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正常和肿瘤性尿路上皮中 A、B、H 抗原的可检测性。
作者:
C. Limas;P. Lange
In the fresh‐frozen state, the expected antigen was always detectable in normal mucosas but only in 69% of TCCs regardless of patient's secretor status and blood group (BG). Few normal mucosae (12%) but a large number of TCCs (46%) converted to negative after paraffin processing. Similar reduction in A, B, H reactivity was also noted when the tissues were treated with concentrations of alcohol comparable to those used in the paraffin procedure. Tumor antigens were more sensitive to alcohol. This suggested that in neoplastic cells ABH determinants are not only fewer but also disproportionately represented on polar (alcohol‐soluble) molecules. Alcohol more profoundly affected tissues from nonsecretors probably because the proportion of alcohol‐soluble A, B, H substances differs in secretors and nonsecretors.