Gimeno E J, Massone A R, Marino F P, Idiart J R
Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, La Plata, Argentina.
APMIS. 1995 Sep;103(9):645-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1995.tb01417.x.
Immunocharacterization of intermediate filament proteins and lectin-binding studies were carried out in canine transmissible venereal tumour (TVT), a unique neoplasia sharing some epidemiological features with Kaposi's sarcoma in humans. Neoplastic cells express vimentin, but neither cytokeratin nor desmin. Regarding lectins, TVT cells express receptors for Triticum vulgaris (WGA), Concanavalia ensiformis (Con A) and Ricinus communis I (RCA-I). They appear to be negative for Ulex europaeus-I (UEA-I), Arachis hypogaea (PNA), Glycine maximus (SBA) and Dolichos biflorus (DBA).
