Angel CA, Cullen RA, Pringle JH, Lauder I. Vimentin expression by Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin's disease.
VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. A, PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY 1992;
421:9-11. [PMID:
1636252 DOI:
10.1007/bf01607132]
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Abstract
The expression of vimentin in Reed-Sternberg cells in 61 samples of Hodgkin's disease (HD) was examined using an avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex technique. Forty biopsies (66%) expressed vimentin, and expression was seen in all subtypes of HD. No immunophenotypic differences between vimentin-positive and vimentin-negative cases were noted. The significance of such expression is unclear, but may be related to the alterations in growth and differentiation that are typical of neoplastic cells.
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