CD34-positive stromal cells in primary lung carcinomas

  • Authors:
    • Hirofumi Nakayama
    • Hideaki Enzan
    • Maya Yamamoto
    • Eriko Miyazaki
    • Chitoshi Hidaka
    • Tsuneo Okumichi
    • Atsuo Okumichi
    • Hiroki Kajihara
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  • Published online on: September 1, 2003     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.10.5.1313
  • Pages: 1313-1316
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Abstract

To investigate the phenotypes of stromal cells in primary lung carcinomas, we examined the distribution of CD34-positive stromal cells in primary lung carcinomas, with special reference to histological types. In total 26 surgically resected primary lung carcinomas (13 adenocarcinomas, 10 squamous cell carcinomas, 2 large cell carcinomas, and 1 small cell carcinoma and their normal tissues were examined. CD34-positive stromal cells were observed in connective tissue adjacent to the bronchiolar and bronchial epithelium in normal lung tissues. Nine of the 13 adenocarcinomas had CD34-positive stromal cells in the tumor stroma, whereas none of the other histological type tumors examined had CD34-positive stromal cells. These results suggest that CD34-positive stromal cells are specific in the stroma of primary lung adenocarcinomas, and there is a possibility that CD34-positive stromal cells may play a supportive role in primary lung adenocarcinomas.

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September-October 2003
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Nakayama H, Enzan H, Yamamoto M, Miyazaki E, Hidaka C, Okumichi T, Okumichi A and Kajihara H: CD34-positive stromal cells in primary lung carcinomas. Oncol Rep 10: 1313-1316, 2003
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Nakayama, H., Enzan, H., Yamamoto, M., Miyazaki, E., Hidaka, C., Okumichi, T. ... Kajihara, H. (2003). CD34-positive stromal cells in primary lung carcinomas. Oncology Reports, 10, 1313-1316. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.10.5.1313
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Nakayama, H., Enzan, H., Yamamoto, M., Miyazaki, E., Hidaka, C., Okumichi, T., Okumichi, A., Kajihara, H."CD34-positive stromal cells in primary lung carcinomas". Oncology Reports 10.5 (2003): 1313-1316.
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Nakayama, H., Enzan, H., Yamamoto, M., Miyazaki, E., Hidaka, C., Okumichi, T., Okumichi, A., Kajihara, H."CD34-positive stromal cells in primary lung carcinomas". Oncology Reports 10, no. 5 (2003): 1313-1316. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.10.5.1313