Table 1 |
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Antibodies used for the present case |
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| Antibody |
Source |
Result |
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| Spindle cells |
Epithelial cells |
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| Cytokeratin AE1/AE3 |
DAKO(USA) |
+ |
+ |
| Cytokeratin 8 |
Roche Diagnostics (Germany) |
+/- |
+ |
| Cytokeratin 19 |
Novocastra (UK) |
+/- |
+ |
| Vimentin |
DAKO(USA) |
+ |
- |
| Desmin |
DAKO(USA) |
- |
- |
| S-100 |
Nichirei (Japan) |
- |
- |
| αSMA |
DAKO(USA) |
+/- |
+/- |
| Osteopontin |
IBL (Japan) |
- |
- |
| BMP-2 |
Santa Cruz (USA) |
- |
- |
| BMP-4 |
Santa Cruz (USA) |
- |
- |
| Ki-67 |
DAKO (USA) |
<30% |
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αSMA: alpha smooth muscle actin, BMP: bone morphogenetic protein +: positive, +/-: focally positive, -: negative | |||
Katase et al. Head & Face Medicine 2008 4:28 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-4-28 |
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