{"title":"Immunohistochemical characteristics of cytokeratin expression in epithelial type thymoma and thymic epithelial hyperplasia in F344 rats","authors":"Yuki TOMONARI, Junko SATO, Mitsutoshi UCHIDA, Takeshi KANNO, Takuya DOI, Yoshiyasu KOBAYASHI","doi":"10.1293/tox.2024-0045","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"</p><p>We have previously reported on thymomas in Wistar Hannover rats with medullary differentiation and revealed that two different cytokeratin (CK) immunohistochemical types of thymic epithelia (TE), CK18 and CK14, lead to the formation of cortical-medullary structures. In aged F344 rats, epithelial type thymoma rarely occurs, and thymic epithelial hyperplasia is common. However, CK expression in these F344 rat lesions is unknown. We investigated three hyperplasia and four thymomas in F344 for histopathological features and CK18 and CK14 expression. Hyperplasia was characterized by an increase in tubular structures in the medulla. Thymomas were nodular in shape, with tubular structures similar to those observed in hyperplasia, along with irregular structures such as cord, papillary, and spindloid. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the tubular structures consisted of two layers: inner cuboidal-to-columnar TE and outer round-to-oval TE, positive for CK18 and CK14, respectively. The two-layer pattern was maintained to some extent in the irregular structures.</p>\n<p></p>","PeriodicalId":17437,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Toxicologic Pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Toxicologic Pathology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1293/tox.2024-0045","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PATHOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We have previously reported on thymomas in Wistar Hannover rats with medullary differentiation and revealed that two different cytokeratin (CK) immunohistochemical types of thymic epithelia (TE), CK18 and CK14, lead to the formation of cortical-medullary structures. In aged F344 rats, epithelial type thymoma rarely occurs, and thymic epithelial hyperplasia is common. However, CK expression in these F344 rat lesions is unknown. We investigated three hyperplasia and four thymomas in F344 for histopathological features and CK18 and CK14 expression. Hyperplasia was characterized by an increase in tubular structures in the medulla. Thymomas were nodular in shape, with tubular structures similar to those observed in hyperplasia, along with irregular structures such as cord, papillary, and spindloid. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the tubular structures consisted of two layers: inner cuboidal-to-columnar TE and outer round-to-oval TE, positive for CK18 and CK14, respectively. The two-layer pattern was maintained to some extent in the irregular structures.
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JTP is a scientific journal that publishes original studies in the field of toxicological pathology and in a wide variety of other related fields. The main scope of the journal is listed below.
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Drug-Induced Hematologic Toxicity
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Tumor Pathology; Neoplasia and Hyperplasia
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