SOME ULTRASTRUCTURAL FINDINGS ON FELINE MAMMARY CARCINOMAS AND THEIR POSSIBLE IMMUNOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

被引:1
作者
ELSE, RW [1 ]
HANNANT, D [1 ]
机构
[1] ANIM HLTH TRUST,UNIT SMALL ANIM CTR,CRC MAMMARY NEOPLASIA,NEWMARKET,SUFFOLK,ENGLAND
关键词
Feline mammary carcinoma; surface morphology; tumour immunogenicity; ultrastructure (TEM and SEM);
D O I
10.1016/0147-9571(79)90044-4
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Feline mammary carcinoma is an aggressive highly metastatic malignant neoplasm occurring spontaneously in an outbred population. Tumour tissues from 20 clinical cases of simpletype adenocarcinomas (primary and metastatic tumours, cell suspensions, and cultured cells), were examined ultrastructurally by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. No evidence of an aetiological viral agent was found. Tumour cell morphology suggested that well-developed microvilli and cell surface structure may reflect the relative low immunogenicity and high metastasising potential of these carcinomas in the cat. © 1979.
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