Expression of a cell surface antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody AUA1 in bladder carcinoma: an immunohistochemical study.

Zorzos, J; Zizi, A; Bakiras, A; Pectasidis, D; Skarlos, D V; Zorzos, H; Elemenoglou, J; Likourinas, M · Eur Urol · 1995

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Abstract

The expression of a cell surface antigen recognized by the epithelium-specific, tumor-associated monoclonal antibody (Moab) AUA1 has been studied in 22 cases of normal urothelium, 7 cases of dysplastic urothelium and 86 cases of transitional cell carcinoma. Tissue specimens were stained with the conventional hematoxylin-eosin technique as well as with the indirect immunoperoxidase technique using Moab AUA1. Results showed that: (a) Moab AUA1 reacts mainly with cells of high or intermediate grade transitional cell carcinoma and with a restricted number of normal urothelial cells, and (b) antigenic heterogeneity exists between tumors of the same grade and within the same tumor.

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