title: Immunohistological differential diagnosis of inflammatory colonic diseases.
abstract: Immunohistological investigations were carried out on human colonic tissue from, I healthy mucosa, 2 slightly inflamed mucosa, 3 mucosa with ulcerative colitis, 4 mucosa with Crohn's colitis, using antibodies against immunoglobulins and complement components. All our antibodies, including F(ab')2 fragments, demonstrated a progressive increase of labelled cells from healthy mucosa through slightly inflamed mucosa to mucosa with ulcerative colitis, in contrast to a complete absence of labelled cells in cases of Crohn's disease. The results are discussed with regard to their pathogenesis and their clinical significance for the differentiation of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's colitis.
mesh_terms: D003092:Colitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000276:immunology; D003166:Complement Activating Enzymes / Q000276:immunology; D015922:Complement C1q; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000276:immunology; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000276:immunology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007120:Immunochemistry; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D003176:Complement C3; D003181:Complement C4; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D015922:Complement C1q; D003166:Complement Activating Enzymes