Article
Phenotypic characterisation of mononuclear and multinucleated cells of giant cell tumour of bone.
Bone and mineral - 1 Jan 1992
Joyner C J, Quinn J M, Triffitt J T, Owen M E, Athanasou N A
Abstract excerpt
Studies were carried out on 3 giant cell tumours of bone (GCTB) to characterise further the cells forming the distinctive mononuclear and multinucleated components. Samples of tumours were grown as explants in vitro and implanted subcutaneously in athymic mice. Cells were characterised in terms of their cell morphology and cytochemical, antigenic and functional phenotype. In culture, giant cells formed a...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic
- Bone Neoplasms
- Bone Resorption
- Calcitonin
- Cell Nucleus
- Fibroblasts
- Giant Cell Tumors
- HLA-DR Antigens
