Neuronal Nuclear Antigen (NeuN): A New Tool in the Diagnosis of Central Neurocytoma

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• 作者：Figen Soylemezoglu ; Sevgen Onder ; Gaye Guler Tezel ; Mustafa Berker
• 关键词：Central neurocytoma ; Immunohistochemistry ; NeuN ; MAP2 ; Oligodendroglioma
• 刊名：Pathology - Research and Practice
• 出版年：2003
• 出版时间：2003
• 年：2003
• 卷：199
• 期：7
• 页码：463-468
• 全文大小：103 K

文摘

The use of neuronal nuclear antigen (NeuN) as a reliable neuronal marker in the differential diagnosis of clear cell neoplasms of the central nervous system was determined in a biopsy series of 23 cases.

Immunohistochemical analyses were carried out by antisera against neuronal nuclear antigen, synaptophysin, neuron-specific enolase, microtubule-associated protein 2, and glial fibrillary acidic protein. All eight central neurocytomas were characteristically immunolabeled by NeuN. NeuN immunoreactivity was uniformly strong and basically located in the nuclei of neurocytes. Despite this uniform staining pattern of central neurocytomas, 12 cases of oligodendrogliomas and three cases of ependymoma were negative for NeuN.

As the diagnostic criteria for central neurocytoma include immunohistochemical and/or ultrastructural evidence for neuronal differentiation, NeuN as a sensitive and specific neuronal marker in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues may greatly facilitate the differential diagnosis of central neurocytomas.