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- An antibody to the RET proto-oncogene was used on neuroblastic tumors (NBTs) to assess its diagnostic potential and ability to evaluate cell differentiation.
- In normal tissues, ganglion cells displayed varying staining levels, which were found to be more prominent in moderately differentiated neuroblasts compared to undifferentiated ones.
- The findings suggested that RET immunoreactivity is linked to ganglionic differentiation and maturation, establishing RET as a potential new marker for diagnosing and measuring neuronal differentiation in NBTs.
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An antibody to the ret proto-oncogene product (RET) was raised and applied to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded neuroblastic tumors (NBTs) to investigate its usefulness in diagnosis and evaluation of cell differentiation. In normal neural crest-derived tissues, most ganglion cells were moderately stained while large ganglion cells were weakly stained. In NBTs, the intensity of the staining in moderately differentiated neuroblasts and small ganglion cells was more prominent than in undifferentiated neuroblasts, while the cytoplasm of large ganglionic cells was weakly stained as in normal ganglion cells. The RET immunoreactivity was compared with that of nine neural and neuroendocrine markers. The results revealed a parallelism with the protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5), neuron specific enolase (NSE) and NF-150 kD (NF = M). These findings indicated that the RET immunoreactivity was correlated with ganglionic differentiation and maturation. Thus, RET was considered to be a new marker that would be implemented in diagnosis and estimation of neuronal differentiation of NBTs.
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