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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 145, 276-280, Copyright © 1994 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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High expression of the CD30 molecule in human decidual cells

K Ito, T Watanabe, R Horie, M Shiota, S Kawamura and S Mori
Department of Pathology, University of Tokyo, Japan.

CD30 is a receptor-type membrane protein that belongs to the nerve growth receptor superfamily. It is expressed on Hodgkin's cells and activated lymphocytes, as well as in some human malignancies including malignant lymphomas, embryonal carcinomas, and other mesenchymal tumors. However, whether it is expressed in normal tissues remains unclear. To study the expression and biological function of CD30, we first examined various human tissues by immunohistochemistry. The monoclonal antibody Ber-H2 intensely stained the membranes of decidual and endometrial cells with decidual change in frozen sections. Western blots of these tissues with Ber-H2 revealed bands of 120, 105, and 90 kd as found on CD30-expressing cells. Northern blots of these tissues using a CD30 cDNA probe detected mRNAs of the same molecular mass and variety as those in the positive control cell line HUT 102. These results indicated that CD30 is expressed in human endometrial tissue with decidual change and imply that CD30 expression in endometrial tissue is induced by hormonal control.


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