Research Article

Immunorecognition of the 14F7 Mab Raised against N-Glycolyl GM3 Ganglioside in Some Normal and Malignant Tissues from Genitourinary System

Table 1

Immunorecognition of 14F7 Mab in normal tissues from genitourinary system.

Normal tissuesNo. of casesIntensity rangePositive cells

Paraffin-embeded
 (i) Kidney2/6+/++3
  (a) Renal corpuscle0/60
  (b) Renal tubules2/6+/++3
  (ii) Bladder0/30
  (iii) Prostate0/30
  (iv) Ovary3/5+/++2
  (a) Epithelium0/50
  (b) Stroma2/5+/++2
  (c) Blood vessel2/5+/++2
  (v) Testis0/20
  (vi) UterusND

ND: not done. Intensity: −: negative, +: weak, ++: moderate. Positive cells: 0 (negative to less than 5%), 2 (26–50%), and 3 (more than 50%).