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. 1992 Sep;89(3):474–478. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1992.tb06983.x

Expression of CD56 (NKH-1) differentiation antigen in human thyroid epithelium.

J Zeromski 1, M Bagnasco 1, F Paolieri 1, G Dworacki 1
PMCID: PMC1554472  PMID: 1381304

Abstract

Leu-19 (CD56) MoAb is well known to recognize gp220 expressed on natural killer (NK) cells and is widely used as a NK cell marker. The expression of CD56 antigen was tested by means of sensitive alkaline phosphatase-anti-alkaline phosphatase (APAAP) immunohistochemical technique and the above mentioned MoAb as a primary antibody, on frozen sections of various fresh human tissues. Out of 11 organs examined only thyroid gland provided a distinct reaction confined to cell membranes of epithelial follicular cells. The reaction had a diffuse pattern in cases of Graves' disease and colloidal goitre while in Hashimoto's thyroiditis presented as a focal pattern. Other anti-NK cell MoAbs such as VD4 (CD16) and Leu-7 (CD57) reacted only with single cells of thyroid stroma. The results of APAAP staining were confirmed by the cytofluorimetric assessment of isolated thyroid cells. It is speculated that CD56 expression on thyroid cells may have a functional significance, perhaps related to neural-endocrine interactions.

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