title: Comparison of commercially available cytokeratin antibodies in normal and neoplastic adult epithelial and non-epithelial tissues.
abstract: Five commercially available cytokeratin antibodies (lu-5, AE1/AE3, CAM 5.2, MFN116 and anti-cytokeratin 18) were used to stain a wide range of normal and neoplastic epithelial and non-epithelial tissues to assess their potential value in diagnostic histopathology. All five showed good specificity, with some cross-reactivity in smooth muscle cells. The wider reactivity of AE1/AE3, lu-5, and MFN 116, which includes cytokeratins 8,18 (Moll's catalogue) expressed in simple epithelia and their tumours, as well as cytokeratins expressed in complex stratified squamous epithelia, permits identification of a wider range of epithelial derived tumours. This wider spectrum of reactivity may allow these antibodies to be used in a diagnostic panel for the identification of poorly differentiated tumours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Goddard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004848:Epithelium / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007633:Keratins / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007633:Keratins