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In order to explore the relationship between the expression of cancer-associated glycolipids such as sialylated Lex (SLEX) and sialylated Lea (SLEA) and the histological subtypes of lung cancers, 30 cases of small cell carcinoma (SCC) and 47 cases of non-small cell carcinoma (non-SCC) were examined immunohistochemically using monoclonal antibodies reacting with SLEX and SLEA. The forty-seven cases of non-SCC included 20 cases of adenocarcinoma, 20 of squamous cell carcinoma and 7 of large cell carcinoma. Tumour cells of most non-SCCs expressed SLEX and SLEA. In adenocarcinomas, the number of tumour cells having SLEX and SLEA was more than that of squamous cell carcinomas, large cell carcinomas and SCC. In SCC, 14 of the 30 cases were found to be positive for both antigens. Although the cancer cells of 11 cases of 17 intermediate cell type SCC had both antigens, the cells of only 3 of 13 oat cell tumours expressed SLEX and SLEA. The present study shows that SLEX and SLEA are useful markers for lung adenocarcinomas, that most cases of intermediate cell type of SCCs have characteristics similar to non-SCC but that many oat cell tumours lack them.
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Kasai, K., Kameya, T., Okuda, T. et al. Immunohistochemical examination of lung cancers using monoclonal antibodies reacting with sialosylated Lewisx and sialosylated Lewisa . Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 410, 253–261 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00710832
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