Table 1.
Tissue type | Number of cases | Relative intensity of Hn1 immunoreactivity | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Non-neoplastic (negative control) | 7 | Neurons | 2/7 weak | |
5/7 absent | ||||
Astrocytes | 7/7 absent | |||
Oligos | 7/7 absent | |||
WHO Grade IV Tumor [21] | Glioblastoma Multiforme | 11 | 6 strong | |
2 moderate | ||||
3 weak | ||||
WHO Grade III Tumor [21] | Anaplastic Astrocytoma | 5 | 4 strong | |
1 moderate | ||||
Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma | 1 | 1 weak | ||
Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma | 11 | 11 strong | ||
All tumors | 28 | 21 (75%) strong | ||
3 (11%) moderate | ||||
4 (14%) weak |
Criteria: Strong: over 80% of cells have anti-Hn1 immunoreactivity. Moderate: between 21% to 79% of tumor cells have anti-Hn1 immunoreactivity. Weak: less than 20% of cells have anti-Hn1 immunoreactivity.