Quantitative analysis of mast cells in benign and malignant colonic lesions: immunohistochemical study on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues

Y Kashiwase, H Inamura, J Morioka, Y Igarashi… - Allergologia et …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Comparison of the number of mast cells in the active stage and that in
remission in the same patients with ulcerative colitis with immunohistochemical staining
remains to be elucidated, and analysis of the number of mast cells in benign and malignant
colonic lesions is insufficient. METHODS: Using immunohistochemical methods,
morphological examinations of mast cells were undertaken in colonic tissues from 8 patients
with ulcerative colitis and 10 patients with colonic primary cancer, which were formalin-fixed …