Abstract
The expression of cytokeratins (CK) 19, 8, 18, 13, 10 and 7 was examined in 35 cases of squamous cell carcinomas of the oesophagus (10 well-differentiated, 13 moderately-differentiated, and 12 poorly-differentiated) and the adjacent mucosa by means of a panel of monoclonal antibodies on frozen sections. The study was undertaken to assess the pattern of expression of these keratins in oesophageal tumours and its relation to the degree of differentiation. The normal oesophageal epithelia expressed CK19 in 86%, CK18 in 17% and CK13 in 14% of cases. CK8, CK10 and CK7 immunoreactivity was not observed. The tumours expressed CK19 in 86%, CK8 in 46%, CK18 in 97%, CK13 in 83%, CK10 in 34% and CK7 in 29% of cases. Thus, the so-called simple epithelial markers CK18 and CK19 occurred in the majority of oesophageal squamous cell carcinomas. CK13 (the so-called non-keratinizing squamous epithelial marker) was only infrequently demonstrated in the non-neoplastic oesophageal mucosa, and its expression was more frequent in carcinomas. CK10 was not demonstrated in non-neoplastic mucosa, but was mostly associated with well-differentiated carcinomas. We therefore conclude that the pattern of expression of cytokeratins in oesophageal carcinomas is...Continue Reading
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