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Table 2 Summary of immunohistochemical analysis of various tissues from genus Globicephala

From: Pulmonary carcinoma with metastasis in a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)

Tissue

Specie

Cytokeratin profile

Epidermis

G.macr

CK5+, CK7-, CK8-, CK18-, CK20-

Bronchial/bronchiolar epithelium

G.m and G.macr

CK 7-, CK8-, CK18-, CK20+

Gastric epithelium

G.macr

CK20-

Duodenal epithelium

G.macr

CK20+

Arterioles (smooth muscle)

G.macr

Vimentin+

Pulmonary neoplasia

G.m

CK5+, CK7-, CK8-, CK18-, CK20+, Vimentin+

  1. CK cytokeratin, G.m Globicephala melas, G.macr Globicephala macrorhynchus