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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
Previous findings that the intermediate filament nestin is expressed in immature skeletal muscle cells prompted us to compare the staining patterns of nestin and desmin in rhabdomyosarcomas (RMSs) and in other small cell tumors of infancy. We found that nestin immunoreactivity was present in all of 29 examined typical RMSs, which also expressed desmin. Two undifferentiated tumors, primarily suspected to be RMSs, expressed nestin, but not desmin. One of these nestin-positive, desmin-negative tumors was positive for the expression of the myogenic regulatory gene MyoD and is considered to represent an undifferentiated RMS. The other, a paratesticular tumor, did not contain transcripts for MyoD, and most likely does not represent a RMS. In several RMSs and nonmuscle tumors, a z-disc-associated nestin immunoreactivity occurred as a paramalignant phenomenon in cross-striated muscle fibers adjacent to the tumor cells. Our findings indicate that nestin, although present also in tumors of the central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as in endothelial cells and in some muscle cells adjacent to tumors, is a useful complementary marker for RMS, particularly in very undifferentiated desmin-negative tumors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-3998
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
386-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Child, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Desmin, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-MyoD Protein, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9505279-Rhabdomyosarcoma
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Pediatric rhabdomyosarcomas express the intermediate filament nestin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't